FGPR vs MUSA vs ET Stock Comparison

Ferrellgas Partners L P, Murphy USA and Energy Transfer Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MUSA Murphy USA Inc.
$531.00 +3.8% 1M +34.8% 1Y
Market cap
$9.55B
P/E
15.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.48B
Div. yield
–
Convenience Stores Consumer Staples
3 wins
ET Energy Transfer LP
$20.45 +1.2% 1M +20.9% 1Y
Market cap
$71.20B
P/E
14.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$107.38B
Div. yield
0.07%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Energy Transfer leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Energy Transfer 6, Murphy USA 3, Ferrellgas Partners L P 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFGPRMUSAETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $120.81M $9.55B $71.20B ET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 1.6x 15.5x 14.1x FGPR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.9x 11.4x ET
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.6% +10.3% +33.3% ET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.1% 2.9% 4.7% ET
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 38.5% 24.3% 8.4% FGPR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.9x 1.7x 4.0x MUSA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.07% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.3% +34.8% +20.9% MUSA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.4%/yr +26.7%/yr +16.1%/yr MUSA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.9% 39.5% 17.4% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 54/100 62/100 ET

Percentile Scorecard

FGPRMUSAET

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFGPRMUSAET
Valuation 73 #7 of 23 54 #19 of 40 94 #3 of 35
Growth 33 #13 of 19 65 #14 of 38 61 #14 of 34
Profitability 77 #5 of 18 77 #9 of 36 30 #24 of 34
Financial Health 9 #22 of 24 21 #32 of 40 59 #15 of 35
Shareholder Returns – 56 #13 of 28 67 #11 of 31
Overall 48 54 62
  • FGPR ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing
  • MUSA ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFGPRMUSAETSPY
1 month -7.6%+3.8%+1.2% -0.2%
3 months -11.4%-11.7%+1.2% +3.9%
6 months -21.8%+2.1%+5.4% +8.2%
Year to date +9.8%+31.6%+24.0% +12.9%
1 year +10.3%+34.8%+20.9% +12.3%
3 years +160.8%+45.9%+56.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +37.7%+13.4%+16.0% +23.3%
5 years -15.8%+225.8%+111.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -3.4%+26.7%+16.1% +10.9%
10 years —+672.5%+33.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+22.7%+2.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFGPRMUSAETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.9%39.5%17.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.8%40.3%16.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.07-0.67-0.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.280.881.20 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.4%-35.8%-25.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.7%-14.8%-5.9% -1.2%
52-week high $27.20$623.43$21.74 $779.14
52-week low $17.07$356.57$16.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFGPRMUSAET
P/E now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 9.2x 15.9xmedian 22.1x 13.9xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.3x 0.5xmedian 0.5x 0.7xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 7.0x 9.7xmedian 9.7x 8.2xmedian 11.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 8.9x 18.0xmedian 17.5x 13.5xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median -0.1xmedian 1.8x 12.5xmedian 2.9x 1.4xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.05median 0.34 1.89median 1.19 2.00median 1.95

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFGPRMUSAET
Revenue $1.86B $21.48B $107.38B
Gross profit $1.03B $2.62B $25.32B
Operating income $196.22M $921.40M $10.78B
Net income $76.61M $617.20M $7.04B
Free cash flow $86.92M $541.50M $5.22B
EPS (diluted) $9.30 $33.27 $1.46
Cash & equivalents $73.41M $175.40M $1.02B
Total debt $5.98B $2.19B $68.41B
Shares (diluted) 8.22M 18.55M 3.46B
Enterprise value -$197.71M $9.19B $64.38B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFGPRMUSAET
P/E 1.6x 15.9x 13.9x
P/FCF 1.4x 18.0x 13.5x
P/Operating cash flow 0.7x 9.9x 5.8x
P/S 0.1x 0.5x 0.7x
P/B -0.1x 12.5x 1.4x
P/Tangible book -0.1x 15.2x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 5.3x 9.7x 8.2x
EV/EBIT 8.1x 12.8x 12.8x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.5x 1.3x
EV/FCF 18.3x 21.7x 26.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.3x 11.9x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.05 1.89 2.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFGPRMUSAET
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.6% 10.3% 33.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.5% -1.1% 10.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.8% 13.3% 18.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 4.1% 13.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 106.9% 26.6% 16.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.0% 2.9% 12.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 847.0% 25.8% 16.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -19.6% 2.3% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 575.6% 34.1% 12.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.4% 8.4% 7.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -8.5% 18.1% 8.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.0% 7.2% 5.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -25.5% 48.5% -8.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 3.1% -7.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFGPRMUSAET
Gross margin 55.1% 12.2% 23.6%
EBITDA margin 16.1% 5.6% 15.7%
Operating margin 10.5% 4.3% 10.0%
Pretax margin 4.2% 3.8% 7.1%
Net margin 4.1% 2.9% 4.7%
FCF margin 4.7% 2.5% 4.9%
Operating cash flow margin 9.1% 4.6% 11.3%
Return on equity – 85.6% 14.0%
Return on assets 5.1% 12.4% 4.8%
Return on invested capital 38.5% 24.3% 8.4%
Return on capital employed 17.0% 23.7% 8.4%
Asset turnover 1.2x 4.3x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.6x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFGPRMUSAET
Debt / assets 105.2% 43.0% 46.2%
Debt / equity -1.4x 2.8x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.9x 1.7x 4.0x
Debt / FCF 17.8x 4.0x 13.1x
Liabilities / assets 172.8% 84.6% 65.9%
Equity / assets -72.8% 15.4% 34.1%
Interest coverage 1.7x 7.9x 2.9x
Current ratio 1.1x 0.9x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.76 7.40 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFGPRMUSAET
Dividend yield – 0.5% 6.6%
Net buyback yield – 4.5% –
Shareholder yield – 5.0% 6.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 67.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 91.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 2.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 8.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFGPRMUSAET
Forward P/E – 14.9xFY2026 11.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $35.60FY2026 $1.80FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +43.0%FY2026 +48.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -7.9% -9.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $22.85BFY2026 $124.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +17.9%FY2026 +45.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -5.8% +1.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFGPRMUSAET
Held by institutions 0.0% 83.0% 31.4%
Institutions holding 1 606 1,280
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.2% +1.9%
Institutions buying 0 310 628
Institutions selling 0 190 340
Buyers to sellers – 1.63 1.85

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FGPRMUSAET
FGPR 1.00 -0.02 -0.04
MUSA -0.02 1.00 0.23
ET -0.04 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FGPR, MUSA and ET?

Energy Transfer (ET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) $120.81M, Murphy USA (MUSA) $9.55B, Energy Transfer (ET) $71.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, FGPR, MUSA and ET?

Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) 1.6x, Murphy USA (MUSA) 15.5x, Energy Transfer (ET) 14.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Energy Transfer (ET) is cheapest (Murphy USA (MUSA) 14.9x, Energy Transfer (ET) 11.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Energy Transfer (ET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) -3.6%, Murphy USA (MUSA) +10.3%, Energy Transfer (ET) +33.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Energy Transfer (ET) has the highest net margin (Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) 4.1%, Murphy USA (MUSA) 2.9%, Energy Transfer (ET) 4.7%). On return on invested capital, Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) leads (Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) 38.5%, Murphy USA (MUSA) 24.3%, Energy Transfer (ET) 8.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Murphy USA (MUSA) returned the most: Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) +10.3%, Murphy USA (MUSA) +34.8%, Energy Transfer (ET) +20.9%. Over five years, Murphy USA (MUSA) compounded fastest (Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) -3.4%/yr, Murphy USA (MUSA) +26.7%/yr, Energy Transfer (ET) +16.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Murphy USA (MUSA) 0.00%, Energy Transfer (ET) 0.07%. Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) and Murphy USA (MUSA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Ferrellgas Partners L P (FGPR) 36.9%, Murphy USA (MUSA) 39.5%, Energy Transfer (ET) 17.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FGPR, MUSA and ET?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Energy Transfer (ET) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.