Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026)
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.
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Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026) 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 | 137.45 Bn | 121.20 Bn | 9.27 Bn | 19.73% |
| 2 | Valero Energy | 127.73 Bn | 104.67 Bn | 5.47 Bn | 19.83% |
| 3 | HF Sinclair | 22.55 Bn | 16.71 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 15.52% |
| 4 | Sunoco | 10.08 Bn | 4.46 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 7.48% |
| 5 | PBF Energy | 9.83 Bn | 7.38 Bn | 1.15 Bn | 17.88% |
| 6 | Ultrapar Holdings | 8.50 Bn | 1.27 Bn | 912.61 Mn | 463.04% |
| 7 | Cvr Energy | 6.24 Bn | 3.81 Bn | 117.00 Mn | 10.23% |
| 8 | Delek US Holdings | 4.75 Bn | 2.24 Bn | 365.10 Mn | 14.97% |
| 9 | Icahn Enterprises | 4.29 Bn | -1.46 Bn | - | 0.56% |
| 10 | Suburban Propane Partners | 1.16 Bn | 1.15 Bn | 160.33 Mn | 10.62% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 10.62% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 10.76% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 11.35% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 11.07% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 10.34% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.54% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 9.92% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 9.51% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 10.71% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 11.13% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 10.85% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.64% |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 9.00% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 9.42% |
| Dec 24, 2022 | 14.35% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 12.78% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 14.56% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 14.39% |
| Dec 25, 2021 | 12.29% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 13.48% |
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Suburban Propane Partners Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SPH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "SPH", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SPH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();