UMI News and Press, USCF Midstream Energy Income Fund ETF From 06/15/22

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 7.64% last month. The index increased by 25.39% since last May. The current yield on MLPs stands at 6.93%. MLP yields remained higher than the broad market benchmarks for Emerging Market Bonds (6.32%), Fi...

Several companies across the energy infrastructure landscape were active with their repurchase programs in 1Q22, albeit at mostly modest amounts. Energy infrastructure companies repurchased $370 million of their equity in aggregate during the first quarter of 2022. Combining the l...

WES management executed superbly on the financial and operational fronts in the first quarter. The company continues to grow cash flow and repurchase units. At current prices, we believe WES units offer some of the best value in the midstream sector. For further details see:...

For the energy sector, several years of underperformance over the last decade left many investors on the sidelines. In a survey of financial advisors in December 2021, more than half of the respondents were underweight energy. Investors that have been underweight energy may be looking...

Midstream had a strong week, finishing 1% higher amid the wider market turmoil. Midstream fundamentals are holding up well, with the bullish sentiment reflected in management commentary at the 2022 EIC MLP conference held this week. We invested the remainder of our distributions i...

Midstream dividend trends remained positive for 1Q22 with no cuts across Alerian’s midstream indexes for the third straight quarter and several examples of growth, including a handful of names raising their quarterly payouts by double-digit percentages. On a year-over-year basi...

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 0.29% last month. The Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio (EV-to-EBITDA), which seeks to provide more color on the valuations of MLPs, decreased by 1.11% last month. The Baker Hughes Rig Count increased ...

Holly Energy Partners recently completed their acquisition of new assets from Sinclair as their parent company merged with the latter. Whilst this pushed their outstanding unit count higher, it should also boost their free cash flow and thus see their strong distribution coverage rema...

Revenue surged relative to Q1 of last year, but net income and CFO were flat. Operating expenses are climbing steadily and eroding margins. Expect mid-year rate increases to offset some of these trends. For further details see: Enterprise Products Partners: Interstate Pi...

Macro tailwinds from higher commodity prices and solid operational execution contributed to a strong 1Q22 earnings season for energy infrastructure companies. Many names raised their financial guidance for 2022 or indicated that they see results trending above their forecasts, thanks ...