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MarkWest Energy Partners LP (FRA:MWT) Dividend Yield % : 5.42% (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is MarkWest Energy Partners LP Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-05), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of MarkWest Energy Partners LP is 5.42%.

Good Sign:

MarkWest Energy Partners LP stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:MWT' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.29   Med: 6.04   Max: 32.58
Current: 5.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of MarkWest Energy Partners LP was 32.58%. The lowest was 4.29%. And the median was 6.04%.

FRA:MWT's Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 4.03 vs FRA:MWT: 5.42

MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout of MarkWest Energy Partners LP is 6.133, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of MarkWest Energy Partners LP was 368.77. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 1.84.

As of today (2024-05-05), the Forward Dividend Yield % of MarkWest Energy Partners LP is 7.69%.

MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was €0.00.

During the past 12 months, MarkWest Energy Partners LP's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of MarkWest Energy Partners LP was 65.20% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 8.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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MarkWest Energy Partners LP Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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MarkWest Energy Partners LP Dividend Yield % Chart

MarkWest Energy Partners LP Annual Data
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Dividend Yield %
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Competitive Comparison of MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividend Yield %

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

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MarkWest Energy Partners LP's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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MarkWest Energy Partners LP Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.


MarkWest Energy Partners LP  (FRA:MWT) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

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MarkWest Energy Partners LP (FRA:MWT) Business Description

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MarkWest Energy Partners LP a Delaware corporation was formed in Delaware on January 24, 2002. The Company is engaged in the gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas; the gathering, transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of NGLs; and the gathering and transportation of crude oil. The Company has presence in many unconventional gas plays including the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Huron/Berea Shale, Haynesville Shale, Woodford Shale and Granite Wash formation. The Company conducts operations in the following operating segments: Marcellus, Utica, Northeast and Southwest. Its primary business is to provide top-tier midstream services by developing and operating high-quality, strategically located assets in the liquids-rich areas of six core natural gas producing resource plays in the United States. The Company provides services in the midstream sector of the natural gas industry. The midstream natural gas industry is the link between the exploration for and production of natural gas and the delivery of its hydrocarbon components to end-use markets. In the Marcellus segment, it provides fully integrated natural gas midstream services in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia through its wholly owned subsidiary, MarkWest Liberty Midstream. The Company operates five processing complexes in its Marcellus segment that include the Houston Complex located in Washington County, Pennsylvania: the Majorsville Complex located in Marshall County, West Virginia; the Mobley Complex located in Wetzel County, West Virginia; the Sherwood Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia; and the Keystone Complex located in Butler County, Pennsylvania. In addition, it operates two gathering systems: one currently delivering over 475 MMcf/d of natural gas to its Houston and Majorsville Complexes and the other delivering over 74 MMcf/d of natural gas to its Keystone complex. MarkWest Utica EMG provides gathering, processing, fractionation and marketing services in the liquids-rich corridor of the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio. In each of its operating segments, the company faces competition for natural gas gathering, crude oil transportation and in obtaining natural gas supplies for its processing and related services; in obtaining unprocessed NGLs for gathering and fractionation; and in marketing its products and services. The Company's processing and fractionation plants, pipelines and associated facilities are subject to multiple obligations and potential liabilities under a variety of stringent and comprehensive federal, regional, state and local laws and regulations governing discharges of materials into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection.

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