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← Martin Midstream Partners L.P.

The business behind the dividend

MeasureMMLPMedianFormula
Return on equityNet income ÷ shareholders’ equity
Return on capital employed14.3%10.0%Operating income ÷ (equity + total debt)
Owner earnings$3.83m$120.90mNet income + depreciation & amortisation − capital expenditure
Free cash flow$14.51m$155.08mOperating cash flow − capital expenditure
Operating margin6.8%14.3%Operating income ÷ revenue
Net margin-2.1%10.1%Net income ÷ revenue
Debt to equityTotal debt ÷ shareholders’ equity
Interest cover0.85x4.22xOperating income ÷ interest expense
Current ratio1.05x1.55xCurrent assets ÷ current liabilities
Long-term debt to working capital74.24x1.88xLong-term debt ÷ (current assets − current liabilities)
Cash conversionOperating cash flow ÷ net income
Accruals-11.7%-3.1%(Net income − operating cash flow) ÷ total assets

Not computed here: Cash conversion, Debt to equity, Return on equity — why a blank is not a zero.

Ten years of it

The same measures, for every year the filings support. One year is a fact; a row is a business.

Measure2025202420232022202120202019201820172016Median
Return on equity19.3%6.2%9.6%9.6%
Return on capital employed14.3%15.6%18.7%11.3%12.7%10.0%10.9%4.8%4.0%6.4%10.9%
Operating margin6.8%8.1%8.4%5.0%6.5%6.9%6.9%4.4%4.7%8.8%6.8%
Net margin-2.1%-0.7%-0.6%-1.0%-0.0%-1.0%-20.7%5.5%2.0%3.8%-0.7%
Debt to equity2.28x2.52x2.44x2.44x
Current ratio1.05x1.13x1.14x1.90x1.67x1.14x1.69x1.86x1.81x1.65x1.65x
Cash conversion1.89x3.47x3.50x3.47x

How it compares in industrials

Among the 289 industrials companies here measured on free cash flow, Martin Midstream Partners L.P. pays out less than 263 of them. The median for that group is 24.4%, against this company’s 5.5%.

Closest on free cash flow

Same sector and same denominator, so the figures are comparable. All 348 in industrials →