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How Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. stacks up
SPH · against 99 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
44/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #52 of 100 · scores higher than 47% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score17 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 99 reported | 0.4% | 5.2% | 7% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 100 reported | 15.1% | 15.3% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 96 reported | 5.5% | 2.6% | 84% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 96 reported | 19.2% | 7.0% | 92% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 101 reported | 26.9% | 26.7% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SPHScores 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