Suburban Propane Partners SPH
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Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2020)

Updated

Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 8.71% for fiscal Q4 2020 (quarter ended Sep 26, 2020), down 0.04 percentage points from 8.75% a year earlier but up 0.94 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2020) Analysis & Trends

For FY2020 (ended Sep 26, 2020), Suburban Propane Partners posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 8.70%, down 0.06 percentage points from FY2019.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +0.70 percentage points (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • By fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 8.76% in FY2019 (-0.08 pp), 8.84% in FY2018 (+2.08 pp), 6.76% in FY2017 (+2.50 pp) and 4.27% in FY2016 (-3.74 pp).
  • Five-year quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] spans a low of 3.43% in fiscal Q2 2016 and a high of 9.59% in fiscal Q1 2020.
  • Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.06 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was fiscal Q3 2018 (a gain of 3.86 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2016 (a drop of 4.57 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2020 came in at 7.77% (Q3 2020), 6.81% (Q2 2020) and 9.59% (Q1 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Marathon Petroleum 118.57 Bn 108.97 Bn 9.27 Bn 19.88%
2 Valero Energy 116.99 Bn 97.20 Bn 5.47 Bn 19.83%
3 HF Sinclair 20.15 Bn 14.38 Bn 1.57 Bn 15.52%
4 Sunoco 10.25 Bn 4.63 Bn 1.46 Bn 7.48%
5 PBF Energy 9.64 Bn 7.33 Bn 1.15 Bn 17.88%
6 Ultrapar Holdings 7.95 Bn 1.73 Bn 912.61 Mn -
7 Cvr Energy 5.51 Bn 3.30 Bn 117.00 Mn 10.23%
8 Icahn Enterprises 4.74 Bn -1.02 Bn - -
9 Delek US Holdings 4.54 Bn 2.27 Bn 365.10 Mn 14.97%
10 Suburban Propane Partners 1.11 Bn 1.10 Bn 160.33 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 26, 2020 8.71%
Jun 27, 2020 7.77%
Mar 28, 2020 6.81%
Dec 28, 2019 9.59%
Sep 28, 2019 8.75%
Jun 29, 2019 8.35%
Mar 30, 2019 9.02%
Dec 29, 2018 8.42%
Sep 29, 2018 8.80%
Jun 30, 2018 9.16%
Mar 31, 2018 8.26%
Dec 30, 2017 7.13%
Sep 30, 2017 6.83%
Jun 24, 2017 5.30%
Mar 25, 2017 5.27%
Dec 24, 2016 5.75%
Sep 24, 2016 4.35%
Jun 25, 2016 3.69%
Mar 26, 2016 3.43%
Dec 26, 2015 6.17%
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