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2/10/2012 4:03 PM

AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APU)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company is a holding company who retails propane distributor in the United States, distributing more than one billion gallons of propane annually.

Current Price $43.15 Mkt Cap $2.46B
Open $44.00 P/E Ratio 21.50
Prev. Close $43.11 Div. (Yield) 3.05 (6.50%)
Daily Range $42.32 - $44.00 Volume 99,418
52-Wk Range $36.76 - $50.40 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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239007 (71.44)
Submitted July 01, 2010

See headwinds in the next year or so...S&P 500 will struggle...dividend yielding stocks should outperform. APU with its broad-based revenue sources and 6.8% dividend yield allowed it to solidly outperform the S&P 500 over the past 2 years. It will… More

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Toddq34 (< 20)
Submitted May 15, 2008

AmeriGas Partners, L.P. is a retail propane distributor in the United States. As at September 30, 2007, it served approximately 1.3 million residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and motor fuel customers from approximately 650 district… More

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Member Avatar Chemdawg (96.44) Submitted: 11/23/2011 1:16:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $42.61 APU Score: -10.89

when things around you are crashing.. you gotta love a dividend yield like this with a low beta stock that should escape some of the high volativity

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Member Avatar ytcwrkz (< 20) Submitted: 11/2/2010 1:04:29 PM : Outperform Start Price: $42.92 APU Score: -11.55

One of the leading distributors of propane ; consistent with growth
spurred by international markets.

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Member Avatar 239007 (71.44) Submitted: 7/1/2010 4:23:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $36.46 APU Score: -11.67

See headwinds in the next year or so...S&P 500 will struggle...dividend yielding stocks should outperform. APU with its broad-based revenue sources and 6.8% dividend yield allowed it to solidly outperform the S&P 500 over the past 2 years. It will continue to do so over the next year or so.

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tylee100

tylee100 (97.41) Score: +127.18

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in APU.

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
tylee100 97.41 10/10/2008 Outperform 5Y $14.91 +189.69% +62.52% +127.18 0 Comment
schwah7 98.44 10/13/2008 Outperform NS $16.82 +156.84% +45.74% +111.10 0 Comment
skyyhi 69.23 10/16/2006 Outperform 1Y $20.81 +107.64% +4.34% +103.30 0 Comment
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. woodruffdavid 67.76 9/20/2006 8/24/2007 Outperform 5Y $20.72 +108.53% +7.25% +101.28 1 Comment
jhmcclendon 79.72 9/14/2006 Outperform 1Y $20.70 +108.74% +8.41% +100.33 0 Comment
airplank 77.15 10/11/2006 Outperform 3M $21.04 +105.35% +5.64% +99.71 0 Comment
ramsy96 < 20 10/17/2006 Outperform 5Y $21.15 +104.29% +4.72% +99.56 0 Comment
jayisviking 77.91 10/17/2006 Outperform 3M $21.17 +104.09% +4.63% +99.46 0 Comment
rancher103 < 20 10/9/2006 Outperform 1Y $21.11 +104.68% +5.62% +99.06 0 Comment
iwozthere 90.24 10/23/2006 Outperform 1Y $21.31 +102.72% +4.30% +98.41 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackJimCramer 78.12 11/7/2011 Underperform 3W $43.38 -0.42% +6.29% +6.70 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.32 6/14/2011 Outperform NS $41.09 +5.13% +3.76% +1.37 0 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 92.68 11/17/2010 Underperform NS $43.30 -0.22% +13.30% +13.52 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.12 12/2/2009 Outperform 3W $33.28 +32.65% +13.49% +19.16 11/8/2011 @ $44.15 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.32 4/27/2007 Outperform NS $30.25 +18.46% -33.67% +52.13 7/30/2009 @ $35.83 0 Comment
TrackWellsFargo 92.50 4/26/2007 Outperform NS $34.16 +3.62% -1.74% +5.36 11/15/2007 @ $35.40 0 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 86.46 11/20/2006 Underperform NS $21.86 +97.65% +1.57% -96.08 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.43 8/15/2006 Outperform NS $27.61 +8.70% +4.41% +4.29 4/1/2008 @ $30.01 0 Comment

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