UGI Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, UGI Corp had return on equity of 14.9%, an operating margin of 15.2%, debt equal to 139.2% of equity and a current ratio of 0.89. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Sept 2009 | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 11.8% | 10.5% | 8.3% | 11.6% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 17.4% | 16.5% | 13.9% | 8.4% | 15.0% | 31.6% | 16.5% | −16.2% | 10.7% | 15.2% | 16.2% |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 9.4% | 3.5% | 8.1% | 19.7% | 10.6% | −16.8% | 3.7% | 9.3% | 9.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.3% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5.6% | 4.4% | 6.6% | 10.1% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 6.7% | 5.1% | 6.8% | 10.6% | −0.9% | 1.5% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.2% | 15.3% | 12.9% | 10.0% | 11.8% | 13.1% | 10.5% | 13.2% | 14.5% | 21.0% | 6.8% | 13.4% | 30.4% | 18.5% | −28.7% | 6.2% | 14.9% | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 2.0% | 3.9% | 9.6% | 6.3% | −9.1% | 1.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Asset turnover | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 0.99 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.09 | 0.77 | 0.88 | 1.42 | 1.56 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.89 | 1.44 |
| Debt to equity | 134.0% | 109.9% | 109.1% | 157.6% | 154.0% | 140.0% | 143.3% | 143.7% | 131.9% | 113.1% | 152.1% | 146.2% | 116.8% | 109.3% | 150.5% | 153.7% | 139.2% | 128.8% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.6x | 2.4x | 3.0x | 7.6x | 5.1x | n/m | 2.0x | 2.7x | 2.7x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 31.2% | 35.1% | 27.6% | 30.6% | 30.0% | 31.2% | 25.3% | 3.9% | 23.2% | 20.2% | 26.2% | 22.6% | — | 20.9% | 2.6% | 12.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26.3% | 26.8% | 29.1% | 27.0% | 20.1% | 24.2% | 29.6% | 27.6% | 28.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 5.3% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 6.8% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 7.5% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 9.3% | 8.0% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 11.5% | 12.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 140.5% | 96.4% | 79.1% | 175.2% | 113.4% | 162.7% | 239.6% | 111.3% | 74.6% | 71.1% | 145.7% | 84.0% | 53.9% | −8.2% | — | 143.5% | 57.5% | 27.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 32.9% | 37.8% | 46.4% | 56.7% | 45.2% | 40.4% | 54.6% | 44.1% | 38.7% | 24.6% | 78.1% | 51.3% | 19.2% | 27.6% | — | 118.2% | 47.5% | 48.0% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 23.4% | 39.2% | 58.7% | 32.3% | 39.9% | 32.1% | 27.9% | 51.3% | 65.2% | 46.4% | 58.2% | 69.6% | 35.7% | — | 248.1% | 82.4% | 91.0% | 193.0% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −19.8% | 24.0% | 26.3% | −6.7% | 1.1% | 21.8% | 28.2% | −3.3% |
| Net margin | −22.0% | 18.5% | 18.0% | −11.7% | −1.1% | 14.3% | 19.4% | −10.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −9.3% | −2.3% | 20.2% | 4.8% | −14.0% | −7.4% | 18.4% | 1.2% |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 1.00 | 1.23 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.78 | 1.00 | 1.44 |
| Debt to equity | 153.7% | 144.0% | 131.7% | 116.6% | 139.2% | 119.3% | 110.4% | 128.4% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 41.1% | 24.5% | 20.5% | 34.5% | 40.7% | 25.0% | 20.8% | 36.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.3bn of assets due within a year against $1.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.3bn short-term assets against $8.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $476m of cash against $6.7bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 128% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 120% to 128% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.1bn of operating cash flow against $6.7bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.2bn against $437m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard UGI'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 3 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 3 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.6%; its worst year was -14.6%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 5.7% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 5.5% over five years.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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