Inergy L.P. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Feb 03, 2010
Inergy L.P. (NRGY, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-12-31.

Inergy L.p. has a market cap of $2.17 billion; its shares were traded at around $36.32 with a P/E ratio of 29.1 and P/S ratio of 1.4. The dividend yield of Inergy L.p. stocks is 7.4%. Inergy L.p. had an annual average earning growth of 7.5% over the past 5 years.NRGY is in the portfolios of Jean-Marie Eveillard of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC.

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Revenues from retail propane sales were $221.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to $267.7 million during the same three-month period in 2008. This $46.4 million, or 17.3%, decrease resulted primarily from a combination of a lower overall average selling price of propane due to a reduction in the wholesale cost of propane and a decline in gallons sold to existing customers as described above, which contributed to a $40.7 million and $8.9 million revenue decline, respectively, partially offset by acquisition-related sales, which resulted in higher revenues of $3.2 million.

Revenues from other retail sales, which primarily includes distillates, service, rental, appliance sales and transportation services, were $56.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $13.2 million, or 19.0%, from $69.3 million during the same three-month period in 2008. Revenue from other retail sales declined $10.7 million as a result of lower distillate revenues at existing locations and $3.2 million due to a decline in revenues from other products and services, partially offset by a $0.7 million increase from acquisition-related sales. Distillate revenues from existing locations decreased as a result of lower volume sold coupled with a decline in the comparable average selling price of the distillates resulting from a lower wholesale cost.

Retail propane cost of product sold was $109.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to $147.4 million for the same three-month period in 2008. This $38.1 million, or 25.8%, decrease in retail cost of product sold was driven by a 24% decline in the average per gallon cost of propane along with lower volume sales at our existing locations as discussed above, which reduced costs by $32.7 million and $4.8 million, respectively. Also contributing to the decline in retail propane cost of product sold was a $2.4 million decrease due to changes in non-cash charges on derivative contracts associated with retail propane fixed price sales contracts. These factors were partially offset by a $1.8 million increase in retail propane cost of product sold associated with acquisition-related volume.

Other retail cost of product sold was $33.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to $43.0 million during the same three-month period in 2008. This $9.6 million, or 22.3%, decrease was primarily due to lower costs from distillate sales at existing locations of $9.2 million and a decline in costs for other products and services of $0.9 million, partially offset by a $0.5 million increase in the cost of product sold associated with acquisition-related volume. The cost of product sold for distillates declined as a result of lower volume sales at existing locations coupled with a 12% decline in the average cost per gallon of distillates.

Retail propane gross profit was $112.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to $120.3 million in the same three-month period in 2008. This $8.3 million, or 6.9%, decrease in retail propane gross profit was mostly attributable to a slightly lower cash margin per gallon, which contributed $8.0 million of decline coupled with a $4.1 million decline resulting from lower retail gallon sales at existing locations as discussed above. These declines were partially offset by a $1.4 million increase associated with acquisitions and a $2.4 million increase related to changes in non-cash charges on derivative contracts associated with retail propane fixed price sales contracts as discussed above. The decline in cash margin per gallon was primarily the result of the unusually favorable market conditions in the prior year period, which led to higher than usual margins per gallon during that prior period.

Other retail gross profit was $22.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to $26.3 million for the same three-month period in 2008. This $3.6 million, or 13.7%, decrease was due primarily to lower gross profit on other products and services and distillates of $2.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively, partially offset by a $0.2 million increase in related gross profit from acquisitions.

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