Ferrellgas profit dips, sales drop - Dayton Business Journal:

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In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the market closeeon Friday, the Overland Park-based propane retailere (NYSE: FGP) reported earnings availablw to common shareholders of $32.5 or 48 cents a for the quarter. This compares with earningd of $34.8 million, or 55 cents a for the same periodlast year. Revenue for the quartee was $561.1 million, down from $712.1 milliobn last year. Ferrellgas said in the SEC filingt that lower propane prices contributed tothe quarter’s lowe r revenue. The company said it sold 239.2 million gallons of propane duringthe quarter, down 5 percentr from 252.1 million gallons in the same quartefr last year.
Retail sales volumess decreased mainly because of temperaturese that were 5 percent warmer than last year and customer conservation related to theweak economy, the companyh said. Ferrellgas ranks No. 10 on the Kansaa City BusinessJournal ’s list of area publid companies.