What does price / earnings mean?

Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.

Suburban Propane Partners SPH Price / earnings

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '15

Price / earnings at other companies

Chesapeake Utilities CorporationCPK

20.4×-3.6×

UGIUGI

12×—

Global PartnersGLP

9.5×-3.8×

CrossAmerica PartnersCAPL

13.3×-15.1×

MPLXMPLX

12.2×0.0×

VIA

Via Renewables, Inc.VIA

98.2×—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$551.2M-6.2%

Gross profit$343.7M-0.5%

Operating income$157.9M-0.3%

Net income$137.5M+0.3%

EPS (diluted)$2.06-1.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.3M+10.6%

Total debt$1.4B-4.1%

Total assets$2.4B+1.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$116.3M+190%

CapEx$24.7M+28.1%

Free cash flow$91.5M+340%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.12B-9.3%

Enterprise value$2.48B-6.6%

P/S0.8×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin63.2%+3.1pp

Operating margin16.6%—

Net margin10.1%—

FCF margin9.5%+4.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Current ratio1.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Suburban Propane Partners’s reported figures.

market cap/net income=14.3×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Suburban Propane Partners’s 10-Q, filed August 4, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does price / earnings mean?: Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.