By most accounts, nobody would fault you for buying shares in Buckeye Partners (BPL). After all, there aren't many master limited partnerships out there with the stability of an investment-grade rating behind it. If you want to get nit-picky, though, there are a few issues that you might want to think twice before going all in on this company today.
One of them is the fact that its distribution coverage ratio has not been at the most comforting levels in recent history. Despite the fact that it has a relatively similar business model to Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP), Magellan has a pretty comfortable cushion of cash flow that more than covers its distributions, while Buckeye has seen its coverage slip below its distribution a couple times.
Find out some other reasons why Buckeye Partners may not be your best investment in the master limited partnership space by tuning into the video below.
