DINO vs. MPLX, PAA, PAGP, NS, DKL, GEL, ENB, TRP, LNG, and CVE
Should you be buying HF Sinclair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HF Sinclair include Mplx (MPLX), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Plains GP (PAGP), NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Cheniere Energy (LNG), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. HF Sinclair pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mplx pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
HF Sinclair currently has a consensus price target of $65.58, indicating a potential upside of 23.16%. Mplx has a consensus price target of $45.11, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. Given HF Sinclair's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Mplx.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 4.94%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.70% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.
Mplx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mplx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mplx had 4 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mplx and 9 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Mplx's score of 0.68 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mplx received 562 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.29% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.
Summary
Mplx beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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