Star Group, L.P. Reports Fiscal 2026 Second Quarter Results
Rhea-AI Summary
Star Group (NYSE:SGU) reported fiscal 2026 second-quarter results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Q2 revenue was $766.7 million, up 3.2% year-over-year; Q2 net income was $108.3 million; and Q2 Adjusted EBITDA was $138.7 million, up $10.5 million. Weather drove slightly higher volumes and raised operating and insurance costs. Year-to-date revenue was $1.3 billion, with six-month Adjusted EBITDA of $207.0 million.
The company will host a webcast and conference call on May 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Positive
- Q2 revenue +3.2% to $766.7 million
- Q2 Adjusted EBITDA of $138.7 million, +$10.5 million
- Q2 net income of $108.3 million, +$22.4 million
- Six-month revenue +6.1% to $1.3 billion
- Six-month Adjusted EBITDA $207.0 million, +$27.0 million
- Home heating volume +5.3% YTD to 238.4 million gallons
Negative
- Direct operating costs increased by $4.0 million (5.9%) in Q2
- Insurance expense rose by $4.0 million in Q2 due to weather claims
- Recorded $5.0 million weather-hedge expense YTD
- Income tax expense increased by $9.7 million in Q2
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Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
SGU is up 4.29% while peers are mixed: PARR up 7.34%, CAPL slightly higher, and CLNE, DK, WKC down. The pattern points to company-specific strength rather than a broad sector move.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 01 | Earnings call notice | Neutral | -1.6% | Announcement of upcoming Q2 2026 webcast and conference call scheduling. |
| Apr 16 | Distribution increase | Positive | -0.2% | Quarterly distribution raised to $0.1975 per unit, 14th year of increases. |
| Feb 04 | Q1 2026 earnings | Positive | +1.4% | Stronger Q1 revenue, higher Adjusted EBITDA and net income on colder weather. |
| Jan 30 | Earnings call notice | Neutral | -0.5% | Notice of upcoming Q1 2026 webcast and conference call schedule. |
| Dec 08 | FY 2025 results | Positive | -3.1% | Fiscal 2025 revenue, volume and Adjusted EBITDA growth driven by weather and acquisitions. |
Recent history shows SGU often trading flat to down around generally positive or neutral announcements, with only one clearly aligned positive reaction.
Over the last several months, SGU has reported a series of colder-weather-driven earnings improvements and incremental capital return actions. Fiscal 2026 Q1 results on Feb 4, 2026 showed higher revenue and Adjusted EBITDA and coincided with a modest +1.37% move. By contrast, the fiscal 2025 full-year update on Dec 8, 2025 and multiple conference-call notices and distribution increases saw slightly negative price reactions, suggesting historically muted enthusiasm around otherwise constructive news. Today’s stronger move comes against that backdrop.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement highlights stronger fiscal 2026 Q2 performance, with revenue of $766.7 million, net income of $108.3 million, and Adjusted EBITDA of $138.7 million, aided by colder weather and modest volume gains. Year-to-date Adjusted EBITDA reached $207.0 million. However, severe weather also pushed up operating and insurance costs and led to a $5.0 million weather hedge expense. Investors may track future quarters for sustainability of margins, volume trends, and cost discipline.
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STAMFORD, Conn., May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Group, L.P. (the "Company" or "Star") (NYSE:SGU), a home energy distributor and services provider, today filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the SEC and announced financial results for the fiscal 2026 second quarter, the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
For the fiscal 2026 second quarter, Star reported a 3.2 percent increase in total revenue to
Star’s net income rose by
The Company reported second quarter Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure defined below) of
“The second quarter was, in many ways, a continuation of conditions experienced in the first. Colder temperatures were the norm across much of our operating footprint, resulting in slightly higher heating oil and propane volumes sold, but the severe weather – including storms and high snowfall – also raised operating expenses,” said Jeff Woosnam, Star Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “That said, we were still able to post Adjusted EBITDA of nearly
Six Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared to the Six Months Ended March 31, 2025
For the six months ended March 31, 2026, Star reported a 6.1 percent increase in total revenue to
For the six months ended March 31, 2026, Star’s net income increased
Year-to-date Adjusted EBITDA increased
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP Financial Measures)
EBITDA (Earnings from continuing operations before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization) and Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings from continuing operations before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, (increase) decrease in the fair value of derivatives, other income (loss), net, multiemployer pension plan withdrawal charge, gain or loss on debt redemption, goodwill impairment, and other non-cash and non-operating charges) are non-GAAP financial measures that are used as supplemental financial measures by management and external users of the Company’s financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks and research analysts, to assess Star’s position with regard to the following:
- compliance with certain financial covenants included in our debt agreements;
- financial performance without regard to financing methods, capital structure, income taxes or historical cost basis;
- operating performance and return on invested capital compared to those of other companies in the retail distribution of refined petroleum products, without regard to financing methods and capital structure;
- ability to generate cash sufficient to pay interest on our indebtedness and to make distributions to our partners; and
- the viability of acquisitions and capital expenditure projects and the overall rates of return of alternative investment opportunities.
The method of calculating Adjusted EBITDA may not be consistent with that of other companies, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA both have limitations as analytical tools and so should not be viewed in isolation but in conjunction with measurements that are computed in accordance with GAAP. Some of the limitations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are as follows:
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash used for capital expenditures;
- although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated or amortized often will have to be replaced and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash requirements for such replacements;
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, working capital;
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash necessary to make payments of interest or principal on indebtedness; and
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash required to pay taxes.
REMINDER:
Members of Star's management team will host a webcast and conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow, May 7, 2026. The webcast will be accessible on the company’s website, at www.stargrouplp.com, and the telephone number for the conference call is 888-346-3470 (or 412-317-5169 for international callers).
About Star Group, L.P.
Star Group, L.P. is a full service provider specializing in the sale of home heating products and services to residential and commercial customers to heat their homes and buildings. The Company also sells and services heating and air conditioning equipment to its home heating oil and propane customers and, to a lesser extent, provides these offerings to customers outside of its home heating oil and propane customer base. Star also sells diesel, gasoline and home heating oil on a delivery only basis. We believe Star is the nation's largest retail distributor of home heating oil based upon sales volume. Including its propane locations, Star serves customers in the more northern and eastern states within the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. regions. Additional information is available by obtaining the Company's SEC filings at www.sec.gov and by visiting Star's website at www.stargrouplp.com, where unit holders may request a hard copy of Star’s complete audited financial statements free of charge.
Forward Looking Information
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" which represent the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning future events that involve risks and uncertainties, including the impact of geopolitical events on wholesale product cost volatility, the price and supply of the products that we sell, our ability to purchase sufficient quantities of product to meet our customer’s needs, rapid increases in levels of inflation, the consumption patterns of our customers, our ability to obtain satisfactory gross profit margins, the effect of weather conditions on our financial performance, our ability to obtain new customers and retain existing customers, our ability to make strategic acquisitions, the impact of litigation, natural gas conversions and electrification of heating systems, pandemic and future global health pandemics, recessionary economic conditions, future union relations and the outcome of current and future union negotiations, the impact of current and future governmental regulations, including federal, state and municipal laws restricting greenhouse gases ("GHG") emissions and federal, state and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, the ability to attract and retain employees, customer credit worthiness, counterparty credit worthiness, marketing plans, cyber-attacks, global supply chain issues, labor shortages and new technology, including alternative methods for heating and cooling residences. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Report including, without limitation, the statements under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere herein, are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “seek,” “estimate,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" and "Business Strategy" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K") for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations ("Cautionary Statements") are disclosed in this news release and in the Company’s Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the Cautionary Statements. Unless otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this news release.
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| STAR GROUP, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
| March 31, | September 30, | ||||||
| (in thousands) | 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| ASSETS | (unaudited) | ||||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 12,190 | $ | 24,683 | |||
| Receivables, net of allowance of | 262,181 | 102,119 | |||||
| Inventories | 80,894 | 47,022 | |||||
| Fair asset value of derivative instruments | 30,921 | 790 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 55,413 | 32,667 | |||||
| Total current assets | 441,599 | 207,281 | |||||
| Property and equipment, net | 127,550 | 128,605 | |||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 93,063 | 93,264 | |||||
| Goodwill | 293,955 | 293,350 | |||||
| Intangibles, net | 116,653 | 124,892 | |||||
| Restricted cash | 250 | 250 | |||||
| Captive insurance collateral | 79,673 | 78,189 | |||||
| Deferred charges and other assets, net | 11,483 | 11,500 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,164,226 | $ | 937,331 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL | |||||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 44,191 | $ | 33,667 | |||
| Revolving credit facility borrowings | 87,436 | — | |||||
| Fair liability value of derivative instruments | — | 1,398 | |||||
| Current maturities of long-term debt | 21,000 | 21,000 | |||||
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 20,383 | 19,934 | |||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 168,358 | 119,497 | |||||
| Unearned service contract revenue | 76,086 | 66,927 | |||||
| Customer credit balances | 29,674 | 86,810 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 447,128 | 349,233 | |||||
| Long-term debt | 156,753 | 167,118 | |||||
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | 76,074 | 77,206 | |||||
| Deferred tax liabilities, net | 45,294 | 30,823 | |||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 15,510 | 16,171 | |||||
| Partners' capital | |||||||
| Common unitholders | 439,963 | 314,733 | |||||
| General partner | (6,000 | ) | (6,605 | ) | |||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes | (10,496 | ) | (11,348 | ) | |||
| Total partners' capital | 423,467 | 296,780 | |||||
| Total liabilities and partners' capital | $ | 1,164,226 | $ | 937,331 | |||
| STAR GROUP, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, | Six Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per unit data - unaudited) | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||
| Sales: | |||||||||||||||
| Product | $ | 689,788 | $ | 665,105 | $ | 1,137,771 | $ | 1,064,564 | |||||||
| Installations and services | 76,927 | 77,940 | 168,200 | 166,544 | |||||||||||
| Total sales | 766,715 | 743,045 | 1,305,971 | 1,231,108 | |||||||||||
| Cost and expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of product | 412,437 | 406,950 | 680,975 | 655,649 | |||||||||||
| Cost of installations and services | 78,409 | 76,210 | 164,087 | 157,875 | |||||||||||
| (Increase) decrease in the fair value of derivative instruments | (26,812 | ) | (6,101 | ) | (21,417 | ) | (11,359 | ) | |||||||
| Delivery and branch expenses | 129,774 | 124,927 | 239,711 | 224,254 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expenses | 8,285 | 8,912 | 17,040 | 16,815 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 8,716 | 8,187 | 16,309 | 15,370 | |||||||||||
| Finance charge income | (1,275 | ) | (1,412 | ) | (2,153 | ) | (2,087 | ) | |||||||
| Operating income | 157,181 | 125,372 | 211,419 | 174,591 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (4,143 | ) | (4,464 | ) | (7,962 | ) | (7,475 | ) | |||||||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | (265 | ) | (230 | ) | (527 | ) | (530 | ) | |||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ | 152,773 | $ | 120,678 | $ | 202,930 | $ | 166,586 | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 44,490 | 34,767 | 58,857 | 47,791 | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 108,283 | $ | 85,911 | $ | 144,073 | $ | 118,795 | |||||||
| General Partner's interest in net income | 1,063 | 802 | 1,412 | 1,109 | |||||||||||
| Limited Partners; interest in net income | $ | 107,220 | $ | 85,109 | $ | 142,661 | $ | 117,686 | |||||||
| Per unit data (Basic and Diluted): | |||||||||||||||
| Net income available to limited partners | $ | 3.26 | $ | 2.46 | $ | 4.32 | $ | 3.40 | |||||||
| Dilutive impact of theoretical distribution of earnings | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.77 | 0.60 | |||||||||||
| Basic and diluted income per Limited Partner Unit: | $ | 2.66 | $ | 2.01 | $ | 3.55 | $ | 2.80 | |||||||
| Weighted average number of Limited Partner units outstanding (Basic and Diluted) | 32,885 | 34,569 | 32,985 | 34,578 | |||||||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION STAR GROUP, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILIATION OF EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
| (in thousands) | 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Net income | $ | 108,283 | $ | 85,911 | |||
| Plus: | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 44,490 | 34,767 | |||||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | 265 | 230 | |||||
| Interest expense, net | 4,143 | 4,464 | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 8,285 | 8,912 | |||||
| EBITDA | 165,466 | 134,284 | |||||
| (Increase) / decrease in the fair value of derivative instruments | (26,812 | ) | (6,101 | ) | |||
| Adjusted EBITDA | 138,654 | 128,183 | |||||
| Add / (subtract) | |||||||
| Income tax expense | (44,490 | ) | (34,767 | ) | |||
| Interest expense, net | (4,143 | ) | (4,464 | ) | |||
| Provision for losses on accounts receivable | 3,071 | 2,987 | |||||
| Increase in accounts receivables | (67,041 | ) | (43,246 | ) | |||
| (Increase) decrease in inventories | (11,240 | ) | 4,520 | ||||
| Decrease in customer credit balances | (29,757 | ) | (45,201 | ) | |||
| Change in deferred taxes | 13,021 | 8,737 | |||||
| Change in other operating assets and liabilities | (3,970 | ) | 31,856 | ||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | $ | (5,895 | ) | $ | 48,605 | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (4,860 | ) | $ | (81,755 | ) | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 3,088 | $ | 2,860 | |||
| Home heating oil and propane gallons sold | 144,500 | 143,900 | |||||
| Other petroleum products | 26,800 | 28,900 | |||||
| Total all products | 171,300 | 172,800 | |||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION STAR GROUP, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILIATION OF EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Six Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
| (in thousands) | 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Net income | $ | 144,073 | $ | 118,795 | |||
| Plus: | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 58,857 | 47,791 | |||||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs | 527 | 530 | |||||
| Interest expense, net | 7,962 | 7,475 | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 17,040 | 16,815 | |||||
| EBITDA | 228,459 | 191,406 | |||||
| (Increase) / decrease in the fair value of derivative instruments | (21,417 | ) | (11,359 | ) | |||
| Adjusted EBITDA | 207,042 | 180,047 | |||||
| Add / (subtract) | |||||||
| Income tax expense | (58,857 | ) | (47,791 | ) | |||
| Interest expense, net | (7,962 | ) | (7,475 | ) | |||
| Provision for losses on accounts receivable | 2,804 | 3,169 | |||||
| Increase in accounts receivables | (162,868 | ) | (124,722 | ) | |||
| Increase in inventories | (33,777 | ) | (22,150 | ) | |||
| Decrease in customer credit balances | (57,304 | ) | (61,400 | ) | |||
| Change in deferred taxes | 14,163 | 11,404 | |||||
| Change in other operating assets and liabilities | 35,682 | 52,959 | |||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (61,077 | ) | $ | (15,959 | ) | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (9,819 | ) | $ | (86,407 | ) | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 58,403 | $ | 3,533 | |||
| Home heating oil and propane gallons sold | 238,400 | 226,300 | |||||
| Other petroleum products | 56,600 | 59,600 | |||||
| Total all products | 295,000 | 285,900 | |||||
| CONTACT: | |
| Star Group, L.P. | Chris Witty |
| Investor Relations | Darrow Associates |
| 203/328-7310 | 646/438-9385 or cwitty@darrowir.com |