AMLP and ENFR Increase Q4 Distributions | ETF Trends

The Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) and the Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR) have announced fourth-quarter 2022 distributions, both an increase over the previous quarter. 

On Tuesday, AMLP and ENFR declared fourth-quarter 2022 distributions of $0.75 and $0.29618, respectively. The dividends are payable on November 16, 2022, to shareholders of record on November 10, 2022, according to a statement from SS&C ALPS Advisors. 

AMLP and ENFR paid distributions of $0.74 and $0.276240, respectively, during the previous quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2021, AMLP and ENFR declared distributions of $0.76 and $0.654984, respectively. 

Both AMLP and ENFR offer generous dividends. AMLP has a dividend yield of 7.41% and ENFR of 5.13%, according to SS&C ALPS Advisors.  

AMLP delivers exposure to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (AMZI), a capped, float-adjusted, capitalization-weighted composite of energy infrastructure MLPs that earn the majority of their cash flow from midstream activities. 

ENFR provides exposure to the Alerian Midstream Energy Select Index (AMEI), a composite of North American midstream energy infrastructure companies, including corporations and MLPs, engaged in the pipeline transportation, storage, and processing of energy commodities.  

AMLP, which has $6.6 billion in assets under management, has seen $507 million in inflows year to date as of November 9, while ENFR, with $129 million in assets, has taken in $59 million in inflows, according to VettaFi. 

Year to date through October 31, the AMZI index has returned 36.08% on a total return basis and the AMEI has returned 21.85% on a total return basis.

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