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Profile - Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 14Dividend payment of $0.55
July 30Price hit new 52-week high ($28.00)
Location
240 Route 10 West
Whippany, NJ 07981
Phone: (973) 887-5300
Fax: (973) 515-5981
Email: bevguido@suburbanpropane.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,247
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 14%
·Institutional: 15% (18% of float)
(44 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 496.0K shares (+11.78%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. is engaged, through subsidiaries, in the retail and wholesale marketing of propane and related appliances and services. The Company serves more than 750,000 active residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers from approximately 350 customer service centers in over 40 states, as of September 30, 2000. Its operations are concentrated in the east and west coast regions of the United States. The retail propane sales volume of the Company was approximately 524 million gallons during fiscal 2000. In addition, the Company sold approximately 286 million gallons of propane at wholesale to large industrial end users and other propane distributors during the year.
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Financial Summary
Suburban Propane Partners, a limited partnership, is engaged in the retail and wholesale marketing of propane, and related appliances and services. The Company serves more than 750 thousand customers in over 40 states. For the nine months ended 6/01, revenues rose 22% to $790 million. Net income allocable to Limited Partners rose 33% to $73.9 million. Results reflect increases in propane prices due to colder weather, and improved profit margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

John Stookey, 70
Chairman
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Mark Alexander, 42
Pres and CEO
$833K
David Eastin, 42
COO, Sr. VP
345K
Michael Dunn, Jr., 51
Sr. VP
454K
Robert Plante, 52
VP-Fin., Treasurer
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Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:SPHAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-Dec-2000
$19.00 
Recent Price$26.78 
52-Week High
on 30-July-2001
$28.00 
Beta0.06 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)45.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)42.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+33.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+79.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$659.6M
Shares Outstanding24.6M
Float21.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$2.20 
Dividend Yield8.21%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.65 
Earnings (ttm)$2.23 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.58 
Sales (ttm)$41.02 
Cash (mrq)$1.56 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.74 
Price/Earnings (ttm)12.01 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.65 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$981.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$136.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$56.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)10.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.23%
Return on Equity (ttm)48.53%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.97 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.33 
Total Cash (mrq)$38.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short19.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
43.0K
Short Ratio0.37 
Daily Volume51.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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