Magellan (MMP) Q2 Earnings & Revenues Outpace Estimates
Magellan Midstream Partners MMP reported second-quarter 2023 adjusted net income of $1.23 per unit, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.10. The outperformance could be attributed to higher profit from its Refined Products segment in the reported quarter. The bottom line also surpassed the year-ago quarter’s level of $1.13 due to weaker performance from the Crude Oil segment.
Revenues of $877.2 million increased about 11.2% from the year-ago quarter’s level and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $798 million by 9.9%. This outperformance was due to higher revenues from terminals and transportation as well as increased product sales.
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Operational Performance
Refined Products: The operating margin of this segment totaled $233.6 million compared with $166.5 million in the year-ago period. The figure, however, fell short of our projection of $273.1 million. Transportation and terminal revenues increased 11.7% to $389.9 million due to higher average transportation rates.
Crude Oil: This segment’s operating margin of $61.4 million decreased 16.5% from the year-ago quarter’s level of $73.5 million. This was due to new lower rates as well as lower storage revenues in the reported quarter. The reported figure also missed our prediction of $84.2 million.
Distributable Cash Flow and Cost
Magellan’s discounted cash flow (DCF) for the second quarter increased 36.8% year over year to $311.9 million. Total costs and expenses were $597.6 million, up 3.4% from $578.1 million in the comparable period of 2022.
On Jun 27, the company announced a quarterly cash distribution of $1.0475 per unit or $4.19 on an annualized basis. The amount was paid on Aug 14 to its unitholders of record as of Aug 7.
Guidance
MMP expects DCF of $1.26 billion for 2023.
Zacks Rank and Key Picks
Currently, MMP carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Some better-ranked stocks for investors interested in the energy sector are CVR Energy CVI, sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and Evolution Petroleum EPM and Archrock AROC, both carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
CVR Energy (CVI) is valued at around $3.67 billion. In the past year, its shares have risen 19.5%
CVI currently pays a dividend of $2 per share, or 5.47% on an annual basis. Its payout ratio currently sits at 30% of earnings.
Evolution Petroleum is worth approximately $320.71 million. EPM currently pays a dividend of 48 cents per share, or 4.98% on an annual basis.
The company currently has a forward P/E ratio of 8.93. In comparison, its industry has an average forward P/E of 14.60, which means EPM is trading at a discount to the group.
Archrock is valued at around $2.04 billion. It delivered an average earnings surprise of 15.08% for the last four quarters and its current dividend yield is 4.75%.
Archrock is a provider of natural gas contract compression services and aftermarket services of compression equipment.
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