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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) PS Ratio : 1.30 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PS Ratio?

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's share price is $11.41. Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $8.75. Hence, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio for today is 1.30.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

RNF's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 1.11
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Dec. 2015 was $1.99. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $8.75.

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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PS Ratio Chart

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 5.52 2.20 1.22 1.21

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.22 1.69 1.62 1.34 1.21

Competitive Comparison of Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio falls into.



Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=11.41/8.754
=1.30

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Share Price of today is $11.41.
Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.75.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP  (NYSE:RNF) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) Business Description

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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in July 2011. The Company is engaged in manufacturing of nitrogen fertilizer. The Company owns and operates two fertilizer facilities: East Dubuque Facility and Pasadena Facility. The East Dubuque Facility produces ammonia, UAN, liquid and granular urea, nitric acid and food-grade carbon dioxide, or CO2, using natural gas as its primary feedstock. Some of these products are final products sold to customers, and others, including ammonia, are both final products and feedstocks for other products, such as UAN, nitric acid, liquid urea and granular urea. The Pasadena Facility ceased production of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate. Its Pasadena Facility is the producer of synthetic ammonium sulfate and the third largest producer of ammonium sulfate in North America. The Pasadena Facility's products are applied to many types of crops including soybeans, potatoes, cotton, canola, alfalfa, corn and wheat. The Company is subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations related to safety, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and comparable state statutes, the purpose of which are to protect the health and safety of workers.
Executives
Michael S Burke director C/O AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 555 S. FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3700, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Keith B Forman director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7200 TEXAS COMMERCE TOWER, 600 TRAVIS ST, HOUSTON TX 77002
John Howard Diesch director, officer: President 1331 17TH STREET, SUITE 720, DENVER CO 80202
Rentech, Inc. 10 percent owner 10877 WILSHIRE BLVD, 10TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Halbert S Washburn director 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET 48TH FLOOR, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071