Star Group, L.P. (SGU) vs SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. (SHI)

Star Group, L.P. and SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. are both Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies. SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $3.8B against $415.1M — 9.2× the size. Star Group, L.P. trades at the lower P/E: 6.9× against 117×. SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.2% against 7.58%. Star Group, L.P. has the higher net margin (3.96% vs 1.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.0% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. yields more (9.63% vs 5.66%). Across the 22 metrics below, Star Group, L.P. leads on 13 and SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
P/E 6.86 116.83 15.04
P/S 0.22 0.09 0.41
P/B 1.08 0.47 1.87
Price to free cash flow 6.75 n/m 8.78
EV/EBITDA 3.29 3.04 7.94
EV/Sales 0.30 0.08 0.59
Earnings yield 14.58% 0.86% 6.15%
Free cash flow yield 14.83% (80.82%) 10.47%

Profitability

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Gross margin 31.79% 7.74% 12.22%
Operating margin 7.14% 2.41% 5.35%
Net margin 3.96% 1.73% 2.08%
Free cash flow margin 3.27% 0.00% 4.25%
Return on equity 20.83% 0.00% 11.39%
Return on assets 7.67% 0.00% 5.22%
Return on invested capital 15.95% 0.00% 11.54%

Growth

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.58% 28.24% 13.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 102.22% (232.66%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.99% (1.64%) 12.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.09% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.20 0.44
Current ratio 0.87 1.16 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 1.08 1.01 2.07

Dividend

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Dividend yield 5.66% 9.63% 3.64%
Payout ratio — 0.52 0.14

Size

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Market cap 415.06m 3.81b 4.12b

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