Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (SPH): Price and Financial Metrics

SPH POWR Grades

• SPH scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 86.98% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SPH is in Sentiment, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• SPH ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 23rd percentile.

SPH Stock Summary

• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Suburban Propane Partners Lp is higher than it is for about 87.64% of US stocks.
• The volatility of Suburban Propane Partners Lp's share price is greater than that of only 1.75% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Suburban Propane Partners Lp's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 16.26%, greater than the shareholder yield of 89.44% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SPH, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are BUR, ADV, SMHI, EHC, and GTY.
• Visit SPH's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.suburbanpropane.com.

SPH Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, SPH's price/sales ratio is 61.9% lower, now standing at 0.8.
• SPH's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.1 over the prior 243 months.
• SPH's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 1.7 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SPH.

SPH Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -7.1%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -91.15%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 2233.11%.

Over the past 70 months, SPH's revenue has gone up $284,328,000.

The table below shows SPH's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,358.971	208.983	106.114
2021-09-30	1,288.755	226.552	122.793
2021-06-30	1,246.572	221.147	97.984
2021-03-31	1,215.393	219.864	108.427
2020-12-31	1,079.21	197.976	58.572
2020-09-30	1,107.897	209.354	60.758

SPH's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SPH has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 86.81% of graded US stocks.
• SPH's asset turnover comes in at 0.598 -- ranking 157th of 165 Retail stocks.
• HBI, SIG, and M are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SPH.

The table below shows SPH's key quality metrics over time.