
What Analysts Recommend for DCP Midstream Ahead of 2Q16 Results
By Kurt GallonUpdated
Analyst ratings for DCP Midstream
In this article, we’ll look at what Wall Street analysts recommend for DCP Midstream Partners (DPM). 71.4% of analysts rate DCP Midstream Partners a “hold,” 14.3% rate it as “buy,” and the remaining 14.3% rate it a “sell.”
The above table shows recommendations for DPM from some of the brokers surveyed. The high and low target prices for DPM are $39 and $31, respectively. The median broker target price of $34.50 for DPM implies a 2.1% price return in the next 12 months from its June 26, 2016, closing price of $33.80. DPM peers EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK) and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP) have “hold” ratings from 53.3% and 60.0% of analysts, respectively. 50% of analysts rate Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (BWP) a “buy.”
Outlook for DCP Midstream
Investors could consider the following positives and negatives before they decide to include DPM as a long-term investment.
Positives
Negatives
- flat distributions over the past several quarters
- exposure to natural gas prices through natural gas midstream activities
- DPM’s cash flows are majorly dependent upon throughput volumes with very low MVCs (minimum volume commitments) or take-or-pay contracts, and the declining Eagle Ford production affects DPM’s natural gas throughput volumes
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