How Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. stacks up

SPH · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

44/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #55 of 93 · scores higher than 40% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

13 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including SPH · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 44?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker return on invested capital than most Utilities peers.

a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: 0.4% vs peer median 5.2%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 15.1% vs peer median 18.6%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on assets: 5.5% vs peer median 2.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = SPH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	SPH	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	0.4%	5.1%	8%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	15.1%	21.3%	29%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	5.5%	2.6%	93%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	19.2%	9.3%	97%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	26.9%	43.6%	22%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around SPH

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
⋯
50	Unitil CorporationUTL · US-listed	1.0B USD	46	54
53	Exelon CorporationEXC · US-listed	46.9B USD	45	53
53	Northwest Natural Holding CompanyNWN · US-listed	2.1B USD	45	50
55	Emera IncorporatedEMA · US-listed	15.4B USD	44	54
55	Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.SPH · US-listed	1.1B USD	44	51
57	CMS Energy CorporationCMS · US-listed	22.0B USD	42	44
57	Consumers Energy CompanyCMS-PB · US-listed	Unavailable	42	38
59	Pinnacle West Capital CorporationPNW · US-listed	13.1B USD	41	46
60	MDU Resources Group, Inc.MDU · US-listed	4.1B USD	40	43

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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