Star Gas Partners (SGU)

3.93 -0.02  -0.51%  Jun 01, 5:21PM Go Pro
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Star Gas Partners Performance

Historical performance is a good guide for the future, but it is imperfect. Pay attention to a company's history, but be realistic about what you can project into the future.

5 Year Total Returns Performance

Returns from price appreciation only give a partial view of the returns to an investor. This total returns chart shows the returns to an investor from both price appreciation and dividends (dividends are assumed to be reinvested)

Returns -18.63%

1 Year Total Returns Performance Comparison

Here are Star Gas Partners's total returns compared to the market and some of its peers. High historical total returns are excellent - especially if you held the stock at the time - but returns can change direction quickly. To predict future performance, looking at the business is more important than looking at historic returns.

  • SGU Total Returns
  • ^SPXTR Total Returns
  • SEP Total Returns
  • TCP Total Returns
1 month total returns YTD total returns 1 year total returns* 3 year total returns
SGU 2.61% -16.23% -22.51% 36.05%
^SPXTR -6.01% 5.16% -0.41% 51.76%
SEP -4.99% -1.23% 2.14% 69.28%
TCP -4.81% -11.05% -8.29% -0.56%

* May differ from chart if one year ago today was not a trading day. Table uses the previous trading day as a base while chart uses the next trading day.

Fundamental Performance

Price vs Earnings

In the long run, the price and earnings of a company are correlated. If the two metrics are diverging, there should be a good reason why. Divergence without reason can signal danger or opportunity.

Price -18.63%
Earnings Per Share TTM -101.5%

Earnings Yield vs Dividend Yield

Yields show how much you are getting for the price you pay. For example, an earnings yield of 8% means that for every dollar you pay, you get 8 cents worth of current earnings. Take these numbers into account when buying to see if you are over-paying or getting a good deal.

Earnings Yield -0.25%
Dividend Yield 7.94%

Revenue and Earnings Growth

Revenues show how much the company is selling to customers, while net income is what remains for shareholders after the company pays its expenses. Revenue growth often persists over time, but net income is more fickle. Watch closely to see if revenue and income grow at similar rates.

Revenues TTM 1.593B
Net Income TTM 6.717M

Efficent Use of Assets

Profit margins show what percentage of every dollar of sales turns into earnings. Asset Uitlization shows how many dollars of sales a company gets for each dollar that the company invests in assets. Multiplying the two numbers together gives you Return on Assets which tells you approximately how efficiently the company invests money to earn more money.

Profit Margin 0.64%
Asset Utilization 2.316

Reinvestment Strategy

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) tells you how much income a company earned after investing $1 in its business. The Payout Ratio tells what percentage of the company's income it pays to shareholders instead of reinvesting in its own growth. Watch out for companies that pay out very little when their ROIC is low.

5 Year Average ROIC 0.0999
5 Year Average Payout Ratio 0.3371
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SGU News

$SGU Insider Buy: $118K of stock bought by Kestrel Energy Partners LLC on May 17, 2012 http://stks.co/3vNe
about 11 days ago by MarketBrief
$SGU Insider Buy: $227K of stock bought by Kestrel Energy Partners LLC on May 15, 2012 http://stks.co/3sk8
about 15 days ago by MarketBrief
$SGU Insider Buy: $166K of stock bought by Kestrel Energy Partners LLC on May 14, 2012 http://stks.co/3rSd
about 16 days ago by MarketBrief
Energy Sector Wrap
May 14, 4:46PM Fox Business
$SGU Insider Buy: $657K of stock bought by Kestrel Energy Partners LLC between May 10, 2012 - May 11, 2012 http://stks.co/3oQu
about 18 days ago by MarketBrief
$SGU filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3htS
about 25 days ago by MarketBrief
Put in the Work for Income
Apr 05, 12:01PM
TEXT-S&P = 5
Feb 20, 7:18AM
$SGU Insider Buy: $197K of stock bought by Vermylen Paul A Jr (Director) between February 10, 2012 - February 13, 2012 http://stks.co/2ObW
about 108 days ago by MarketBrief
@Adamantium $SGU looks very much like $ng_f has been in downtrend since abt same time at NG May 2011 It bounces when NG bounces
about 112 days ago by dacenergy
Who thinks $SGU is oversold? Good margins since they benefit from cheap $NG_F
about 112 days ago by Adamantium
$SGU filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/2I3p
about 115 days ago by MarketBrief
Stocks up or nearly flat today on 2x or more normal volume, $XCO,$CHMT,$WWW,$PCQ,$SMED,$SGU,$TSON,$TRNO,$VPHM
about 170 days ago by SaxAngle
$SGU Insider Sale: $9.2M of stock sold by Bandera Partners LLC on December 8, 2011 http://stks.co/1Vk5
about 172 days ago by MarketBrief
$SGU Insider Sale: $9.2M of stock sold by Bandera Partners LLC on December 8, 2011 http://stks.co/1Tex
about 175 days ago by MarketBrief
$SGU filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/1QwB
about 177 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 349 days ago by edwinrolsen1
$SGU--Insider purchase came through, 23,444 shares at $5.37. Stock closed today at $5.33. Do your own DD.
about 471 days ago by MicroInsider
$SGU raised their div .02 per year yest-trading at 5.41 up .11-div now yields 5.5%-SGU could retrace all the way back to $20-new mgmt-gpg
about 492 days ago by Grobbel1
mining for winners always RT @OptionRadar $SGU http://chart.ly/388wlbf Heating Oil Distributor - Seasonal Play - Breakout on Big Volume
about 565 days ago by howardlindzon
$SGU http://chart.ly/388wlbf Star Gas - Heating Oil Distributor - Seasonal Play - Breakout on Big Volume
about 565 days ago by OptionRadar
is this a good buy for the winter? $sgu
about 566 days ago by kalamakala
Trade Alerts(Nov 1)-Near Support http://stk.ly/aQQypo Mid-Stream/Tankers $ATO $CPLP $DHT $GEL $GLP $KMR $NGLS $NJR $PNY $SFL $SGU $SUG $XTXI
about 577 days ago by transenergy
still long $SGU. no apparent resistance & fundamentals pretty good
about 603 days ago by LitheLyricist
$SGU over 5 and holding
about 603 days ago by 1nvestor
$SGU http://chart.ly/sbgm9ko Working on the move to 5 bucks. RES from 2007. MACD has a slight curl up here.
about 603 days ago by 1nvestor
Stalking $SGU as it sits here near 5. The 5 level is the pivot point R1
about 604 days ago by 1nvestor

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
SGU 3.93 -0.02 -0.51% 242.14M
SGF 11.59 -0.25 -2.11%
SGEN 19.11 -0.37 -1.90% 2.267B
SGC 11.74 -0.13 -1.10% 70.56M
SGA 34.15 -0.75 -2.15% 148.32M
SFY 18.11 -1.80 -9.04% 846.97M
SFUN 14.93 -0.85 -5.39% 801.15M
SFSF 39.99 +0.00 +0.00% 3.392B
SFLY 25.55 -2.02 -7.33% 961.09M
SFL 15.19 -0.30 -1.94% 1.226B
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