SUN vs. YPF, PBF, CVI, DK, CLMT, VTNR, BPT, XOM, CVX, and COP
Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Vertex Energy (VTNR), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), and ConocoPhillips (COP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sunoco has a net margin of 2.08% compared to Sunoco's net margin of -5.78%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 35.56% beat Sunoco's return on equity.
Sunoco received 36 more outperform votes than YPF Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.62% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote.
Sunoco has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunoco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sunoco had 7 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sunoco and 6 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. Sunoco's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.61 indicating that YPF Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.
YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus target price of $21.73, indicating a potential upside of 8.56%. Sunoco has a consensus target price of $62.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.60%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sunoco is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
Summary
Sunoco beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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