Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Star Group, L.P. SGU

$12.88 +0.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $422.9M

Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk

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Three things to know

  1. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 186 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.05, up 33.1% year over year.
  3. The shares trade at 6.3× trailing earnings, lower than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth44Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Quality36Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 27%
  • Gross marginBottom 47%
  • Operating marginBottom 32%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 17%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 12%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%
  • Interest coverTop 33%
Value100Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 5%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 10%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 5%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 3%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 9%
Momentum72Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 32%
  • 6-month returnTop 30%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 45%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 5%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 5%
Revisions4Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 14%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
Stability93Exceptional

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 1%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 26%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 48%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)3.1%7.6%↑
EPS growth (YoY)41.5%33.1%↓
Gross margin29.7%30.5%↑
Operating margin5.1%5.8%↑
FCF margin4.6%3.0%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)7.6%3.1%↑Bottom 41%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)33.1%41.5%↓Top 29%
Gross margin30.5%29.7%↑Bottom 47%
Operating margin5.8%5.1%↑Bottom 32%
Net margin3.9%3.0%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin3.0%4.6%↓—
Return on invested capital10.9%—Top 27%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-3.8%—Bottom 38%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
0.97×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
0.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+16.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.39×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
7.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
6.28%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
2.62%
Shareholder yield
8.91%
Share count change, 1 year
-4.4%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-2.7%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
0 of 5
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-93.2%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.7%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026—+0.5%-1.3%+0.0%—
May 6, 2026—+2.2%-0.5%-0.2%-2.6%
Feb 4, 2026—+1.4%+0.2%+0.8%-2.5%
Dec 8, 2025—+2.2%-0.4%+1.4%+10.6%
Aug 6, 2025—+0.3%-1.8%+0.2%-2.9%
May 7, 2025—+1.6%-1.8%-3.4%-4.8%
Feb 5, 2025—-0.8%+1.7%+4.0%-1.9%
Dec 4, 2024—-1.4%-5.4%-8.4%+5.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026-$0.84——$358.1M
May 6, 2026$2.66——$766.7M
Feb 4, 2026$0.89——$539.3M
Dec 8, 2025-$0.84——$247.7M
Aug 6, 2025-$0.48——$305.6M
May 7, 2025$2.01——$743.0M
Feb 5, 2025$0.79——$488.1M
Dec 4, 2024-$1.00——$240.3M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)6.3×7.7×19thTop 5%
P/E (forward)15.9×———
EV / EBITDA3.8×——Top 5%
EV / Sales0.35×——Top 3%
Free-cash-flow yield13.44%——Top 10%
Earnings yield15.92%——Top 5%

P/E over the past five years

Range 5.1× – 133.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+10.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+33.1%
Change in P/E multiple
-18.5%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
6
Days above the 200-day average
186
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.7%
Distance from 50-day average
+1.3%
Distance from 200-day average
+1.7%
RSI (14)
55.2
Relative volume
0.83×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
13.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
2th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.22
Correlation with S&P 500
0.19
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-4.2%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-28.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 9, 2023May 15, 2024-34.0%234 daysNot yet recovered
Jul 28, 2021Sep 27, 2022-31.6%294 days55 days (Dec 14, 2022)
Jan 17, 2023Feb 2, 2023-14.4%12 days38 days (Mar 29, 2023)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$422.9M
P/E (TTM)
6.3
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.05
Revenue (TTM)
$1.91B
Dividend yield
5.94%
52-week range
$11.39 – $13.53
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.50B$2.01B$1.95B$1.77B$1.78B
Gross profit$444.2M$451.6M$438.4M$470.3M$527.5M
Operating income$130.2M$73.2M$59.0M$75.5M$96.2M
Net income$87.7M$32.1M$29.3M$32.1M$63.1M
EPS (diluted)$2.15$0.85$0.81$0.90$1.82
Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026Q3 2026
Revenue$240.3M$488.1M$743.0M$305.6M$247.7M$539.3M$766.7M$358.1M
Net income-$27.5M$27.5M$70.4M-$16.6M-$22.3M$35.4M$88.6M-$27.7M
EPS (diluted)-$0.78$0.79$2.01-$0.48-$0.65$0.89$2.66-$0.85
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$68.9M$33.9M$123.7M$111.0M$71.0M
Capital expenditure-$15.1M-$18.7M-$9.0M-$10.7M-$14.9M
Free cash flow$53.8M$15.2M$114.6M$100.3M$56.0M
Dividends paid-$23.4M-$23.2M-$23.7M-$25.0M-$26.1M
Net share buybacks-$42.8M-$30.8M-$4.5M-$11.1M-$15.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$27.0M
Total assets
$1.01B
Total liabilities
$621.2M
Total debt
$269.9M
Net debt
$242.9M
Shareholders’ equity
$388.8M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Jul 27, 2026$0.20Aug 5, 2026
Apr 27, 2026$0.20May 6, 2026
Jan 26, 2026$0.19Feb 4, 2026
Oct 27, 2025$0.19Nov 5, 2025
Jul 28, 2025$0.19Aug 6, 2025
Apr 28, 2025$0.19May 7, 2025
Jan 27, 2025$0.17Feb 5, 2025
Oct 28, 2024$0.17Nov 6, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
44,174
Days to cover
2.70
Change vs previous report
-5.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 23, 2013
20-for-1