Suburban Propane Partners – Revenues rose 8.1% year on year

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH). Last Market Price: 46.69, Change: -0.44, % Change: (-0.93%). Shares trade in the range of 46.50 – 47.73 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 1.65B dollars, making it a Small Cap Stock and has 35.42M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 0.43, indicating, the stock to be less volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 3.12; P/E of 14.96 indicating, that the stock price to be fair valued. It operates in Energy sector and belongs to Oil and Gas Operations industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 20%. The company has a 52 week Price range (low – high) of $ 40.25 – 58.99. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 85,874. Volume traded in the last session was at 34,574, 0.40 times the average volume.

• Reports Q4 (Sep)
• Loss of $0.61, worse than the estimates
• Revenues rose 8.1% year on year to $181.6 million

For Q2 (Jun ’11), It had a Net profit margin of -3.13%, an Operating margin of 0.16%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of -2.72%, Return on average equity of -6.24%. The organization has an employee strength of 2,598

Consensus Recommendation is a Hold.

Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Sep-11 show a mean of 1,179.23 million dollars, an estimate high of 1,200.56 million dollars and an estimate low of 1,163.15 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 1,191.01 million dollars.

Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Sep-12 show a mean of 1,160.76 million dollars, an estimate high of 1,243.21 million dollars and an estimate low of 1,078.07 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 1,244.15 million dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Sep-11 show a mean of 3.23 dollars, an estimate high of 3.30 dollars and an estimate low of 3.15 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 3.78 dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Sep-12 show a mean of 3.33 dollars, an estimate high of 3.55 dollars and an estimate low of 3.00 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 3.96 dollars.

Sales for Quarter Ending Jun-11 was estimated at 203.47 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 216.56 million dollars, 13.09 million dollars more than estimates.

Sales for Quarter Ending Mar-11 was estimated at 507.61 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 464.10 million dollars, 43.51 million dollars less than estimates.

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