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Suburban Propane Partners LP key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Suburban Propane Partners LP had a net margin of 7.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Sept 20092010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin14.5%10.1%9.7%0.1%4.6%4.9%6.0%1.4%3.2%5.7%5.4%5.5%9.5%9.3%8.7%5.6%7.4%9.4%
Return on assets16.9%11.8%11.9%0.0%2.8%3.5%3.3%0.6%1.7%3.6%3.3%3.0%6.0%6.7%5.7%3.3%4.7%5.6%
Effective tax rate1.5%1.0%0.8%17.7%0.8%0.8%0.8%3.9%1.2%−0.8%1.2%−0.2%0.9%0.3%0.5%1.0%1.2%0.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 5 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $2.4bn
Short-term assets $194mLonger-term assets $2.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.6bn
Short-term liabilities $248mLonger-term liabilities $1.4bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $194m of assets due within a year against $248m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $194m short-term assets against $1.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $5m of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $181m of operating cash flow against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $211m against $76m of interest.

From Suburban Propane Partners LP's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

62 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Suburban Propane Partners's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 4 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 18 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 59.9%, moving by 3.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.4%; its worst year was 9.0%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 11.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 3.8% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Suburban Propane Partners LP's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Suburban Propane Partners LP.