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 $426.9M — 8.9× the size. Star Group, L.P. trades at the lower P/E: 7.0× 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%). Across the 21 metrics below, Star Group, L.P. leads on 13 and SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
P/E 6.96 116.83 16.35
P/S 0.22 0.09 0.44
P/B 1.10 0.47 2.05
Price to free cash flow 6.84 n/m 9.98
EV/EBITDA 3.33 3.05 8.04
EV/Sales 0.30 0.08 0.59
Earnings yield 14.36% 0.86% 5.71%
Free cash flow yield 14.61% (80.82%) 9.13%

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%) 31.15%
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 5.88% — 1.71%
Payout ratio 0.41 — 0.35

Size

Metric SGU SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Market cap 426.87m 3.81b 4.71b

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