How do you interpret petroleum product sales, rack sales — collection period?

An increase suggests potential credit risk or slower payment cycles from wholesale buyers, while a decrease indicates improved cash flow efficiency and stronger customer credit profiles.

How does petroleum product sales, rack sales — collection period compare across companies?

Comparable to Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) metrics used by other fuel wholesalers and energy distributors to monitor working capital efficiency.

Murphy USA MUSA Petroleum product sales, rack sales — Collection period

Discontinued — last reported Q1 '21

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.8B+6.5%

Operating income$205.2M+133%

Net income$136.3M+156%

EPS (diluted)$7.28+177%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$118.6M+140%

Total debt$2.8B+7.8%

Total equity$658.7M-8.5%

Total assets$4.9B+8.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$320.0M+149%

CapEx$98.3M+12.0%

Free cash flow$221.7M+445%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.18B-1.7%

Enterprise value$12.9B-0.2%

P/E18.4×-2.8×

P/S0.5×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin85.4%—

Operating margin4.2%+0.6pp

Net margin2.8%+0.4pp

FCF margin2.8%+1.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity80.3%+15.1pp

Debt / equity4.3×+0.6×

Current ratio0.8×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Murphy USA in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept musa:ContractwithCustomerReceivablesCollectionPeriod.

The official record: Murphy USA’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2021, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does petroleum product sales, rack sales — collection period mean?: The average time it takes for the company to collect payment from wholesale fuel customers.
How do you interpret petroleum product sales, rack sales — collection period?: An increase suggests potential credit risk or slower payment cycles from wholesale buyers, while a decrease indicates improved cash flow efficiency and stronger customer credit profiles.
How does petroleum product sales, rack sales — collection period compare across companies?: Comparable to Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) metrics used by other fuel wholesalers and energy distributors to monitor working capital efficiency.