SUN vs. PBF, CVI, DK, YPF, UGP, VAL, MGY, CPG, CWEN, and BEPC
Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), Valaris (VAL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% 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.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sunoco. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunoco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunoco pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PBF Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Sunoco has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Sunoco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Sunoco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PBF Energy and 2 mentions for Sunoco. Sunoco's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sunoco received 32 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.12% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of 2.08%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 35.56% beat Sunoco's return on equity.
PBF Energy currently has a consensus price target of $57.27, indicating a potential upside of 14.41%. Sunoco has a consensus price target of $62.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.12%. Given PBF Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sunoco is more favorable than PBF Energy.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Sunoco on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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