Star Group (SGU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Star Group, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, provides home heating oil and propane products and services to residential and commercial customers in the United States. It offers gasoline and diesel fuel; and installs, maintain, and repairs heating and air conditioning equipment. As of September 30, 2023, the company served approximately 402,200 full service residential and commercial home heating oil and propane customers and 52,400 customers on a delivery only basis. It also sells gasoline and diesel fuel to approximately 26,600 customers. The company was formerly known as Star Gas Partners, L.P. and changed its name to Star Group, L.P. in October 2017. Star Group, L.P. was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.70 to $12.90
• 50-Day Range: $12.28 to $13.32
• 52-Week Range: $11.31 to $13.53
• Volume: 9,682 shs
• Average Volume: 25,538 shs
• Market Capitalization: $421.73 million
• P/E Ratio: 5.76
• Dividend Yield: 6.15%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Star Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Star Group scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 337th out of 622 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Star Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Star Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Star Group is 5.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Star Group is 5.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 168.50.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Star Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.00. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.17% of the float of Star Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Star Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.44, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Star Group has recently decreased by 2.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Star Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.21%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Star Group has been increasing its dividend for 13 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Star Group is 35.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Star Group has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for SGU on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Star Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

20.36% of the stock of Star Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

40.36% of the stock of Star Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 5/6 Dividend: 4/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/6 Dividend: 4/27/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/06/2026
• Today: 5/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: ELEC PRODS - MISC
• Sub-Industry: Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SGU
• CIK: 1002590
• Web: www.stargrouplp.com
• Phone: (203) 328-7310
• Fax: 203-328-7393
• Employees: 3,024
• Year Founded: 1995

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.23
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 5.76
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $73.50 million
• Net Margins: 5.31%
• Pretax Margin: 7.49%
• Return on Equity: 28.64%
• Return on Assets: 9.59%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.37
• Current Ratio: 0.99
• Quick Ratio: 0.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.78 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.24
• Cash Flow: $3.30 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.89
• Book Value: $12.90 per share
• Price / Book: 1.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 32,830,000
• Free Float: 26,149,000
• Market Cap: $421.73 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.36