Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, natural gas transporter Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE:ETP) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Energy Transfer's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Energy Transfer facts

Headquarters (founded)

Dallas, Texas (2002)

Market Cap

$7.52 billion

Industry

Oil and gas storage and transportation

TTM Revenue

$8.28 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Kelcy Warren
President/COO Marshall McCrea, III

Revenue and EPS Growth Rate (over last five years)

63.5% and 31.8%

Dividend Yield

7.9%

Competitors

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD)
Enbridge Energy Partners (NYSE:EEP)

CAPS members bullish on ETP also bullish on:

General Electric (NYSE:GE)
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)

CAPS members bearish on ETP also bearish on:

Citigroup (NYSE:C)
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's), and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, 607 of the 618 members who have rated Energy Transfer -- 98% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include jawilde and TrojanFan.

Last month, jawilde tapped the stock as a natural way to make some income:

Natural gas will become increasingly important under the Obama administration as a way to reduce our carbon footprint. [Energy Transfer] is pipeline company which transports natural gas and gets paid regardless of [natural gas'] price. Given the ~ 8% yield and beaten down stock price, [Energy Transfer] should outperform the S&P on a Total Return basis.

In a pitch from last week, TrojanFan transfers even more of that bullish energy:

What an incredible investment. That is a hefty and consistently rising yield. ...

Our reliance on natural gas as a nation is only going to grow and these guys don't have any real exploration risk as they are earning profits on the transmission. As long as the gas is flowing then they're making money. ...

I'm pretty involved in direct investing in natural gas partnerships, too, and let me tell you, they are in all the right regions of the country, blanketing the big shale plays all over Texas. That is where all the big growth in gas production is coming from over the next 5-10 years.

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