Utilities
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.(SPH)
Live Price
Offline$17.86
-5.75% today
1Y Change
-6.10%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.32B
- Revenue Growth
- +7.9%
- EPS Growth
- +42.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 6.5%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (SPH) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $1.32B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $17.86 and down 6.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.9%, EPS growth of +42.6%, a dividend yield of 6.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.9%, EPS +42.6%, free cash flow +13.0% with operating margin 15.0% and ROIC 9.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 6.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 9.9 and price/sales 0.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SPH price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+7.9% vs +6.1% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+15.0% vs +21.0% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
9.9 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +7.9% and EPS at +42.6%, with operating margin around 15.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 6.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | -0.8% | +0.0% | -11.5% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | +30.2% | -1.9% | -0.6% | +0.6% |
2025 Nov 13, 2025 | -21.6% | +2.1% | -1.8% | -1.2% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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SPH Max Drawdown
-13.64%
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.
New York Stock Exchange
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail marketing and distribution of propane, fuel oil, and refined fuels. The company operates in four segments: Propane, Fuel Oil and Refined Fuels, Natural Gas and Electricity, and All Other. The Propane segment is involved in the retail distribution of propane to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers, as well as in the wholesale distribution to industrial end users. It offers propane primarily for space heating, water heating, cooking, and clothes drying in the residential and commercial markets; for use as a motor fuel in internal combustion engines to power over-the-road vehicles, forklifts, and stationary engines, as well as to fire furnaces, as a cutting gas to the industrial customers, and in other process applications; and for tobacco curing, crop drying, poultry brooding, and weed control in the agricultural markets. The Fuel Oil and Refined Fuels segment engages in the retail distribution of fuel oil, diesel, kerosene, and gasoline to residential and commercial customers for use primarily as a source of heat in homes and buildings. The Natural Gas and Electricity segment markets natural gas and electricity to residential and commercial customers in the deregulated energy markets in New York and Pennsylvania. The All Other segment sells, installs, and services a range of home comfort equipment, including whole-house heating products, air cleaners, humidifiers, and space heaters. As of September 25, 2021, the company served approximately 1.0 million residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers through 700 locations in 41 states primarily in the east and west coast regions of the United States, as well as portions of the Midwest region of the United States and Alaska. Suburban Energy Services Group LLC serves as a general partner of Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey.
- Leadership
- Michael A. Stivala
- IPO Date
- Feb 29, 1996
- Employees
- 3.1k
- Street Address
- 240 Route 10 West
- Mailing
- Whippany, NJ, 07981-0206
- Region
- Whippany, NJ, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 973 887 5300
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 9.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.0
- Price/Sales
- 0.9
- Price/Book
- 2.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +7.9%
- EPS
- +42.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +13.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 42.3%
- Operating Margin
- 15.0%
- Net Margin
- 9.3%
- ROE
- 20.9%
- ROIC
- 9.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.42
- Current Ratio
- 0.87
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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