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Virtus Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Energy Fund A VLPAX · NASDAQ

$18.00 +0.00% (+$0.00)

Summary

Virtus Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Energy Fund A is a mutual fund. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 27. The ten largest make up 60% of the fund.

Positions
27
Dividend yield
2.93%

What speaks for it

  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.6%.

What to watch

  • The ten largest positions make up 60% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-4.1%
3 months
-4.9%
This year
+16%
1 year
+11%
3 years
+57%
5 years
+96%
10 years
+89%
Avg. market cap
$45.2B
P/E
18.0x
Forward P/E
17.9x
P/S
1.1x
P/B
2.9x
P/FCF
12.8x
EV/EBITDA
11.4x
Dividend yield
3.31%
ROIC
7.8%
ROE
23.2%
Gross margin
42.7%
Operating margin
28.9%
Net margin
17.7%
Payout ratio
59.5%
Net debt/EBITDA
4.0x
Beta
0.29

Weighted average of the 25 largest companies, which make up 92% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated
  1. 1
    WM
    The Williams Companies, Inc. WMB 9.1%
  2. 2
    LN
    Cheniere Energy, Inc. LNG 8.5%
  3. 3
    DT
    DT Midstream, Inc. DTM 6.9%
  4. 4
    TR
    TC Energy Corporation TRP.TO 5.8%
  5. 5
    TR
    Targa Resources Corp. TRGP 5.7%
  6. 6 Energy Transfer LP 5.4%
  7. 7
    KM
    Kinder Morgan KMI 5.0%
  8. 8
    EN
    Enbridge Inc. ENB.TO 4.7%
  9. 9
    MP
    MPLX LP MPLX 4.6%
  10. 10
    KE
    Keyera Corp. KEY.TO 4.5%

Positions in the fund: 27. The ten largest make up 60% of it.

Composition as of Nov 7, 2026.

Where is it spread?

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 92% of the fund.

Largest size group: Large cap (78%).

What does it cost me?

We do not know the costs of this fund.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+6.6%
Deepest drop
-21%
Yearly volatility
18%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 21% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
2.93%
Payments a year
3
Last payment
$0.35

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.53 per share, which is 2.93% of today's price. The last payment was $0.35 on Oct 29, 2026.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
18.0
Average Bulios Score
60 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 18.0 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 63% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (25), which make up 92% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

Can I buy it as an ETF?

A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.

Fund Domicile Size 1-year change Dividends
UM
UMI USCF Midstream Energy Income Fund
United States 0.85% $504.2M +14% Pays out 71%
EN
ENFR Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF
United States 0.35% $431.7M +19% Pays out 69%
US
USAI Pacer American Energy Infrastructure ETF
United States 0.75% $118.6M +16% Pays out 64%
EI
EINC VanEck Energy Income ETF
United States 0.46% $79.0M +19% Pays out 56%
PI
PIPE Invesco SteelPath MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF
United States 0.75% $60.2M +20% Pays out 55%
MD
MDST Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF
United States 0.80% $278.9M +5.6% Pays out 54%

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