HF Sinclair (DINO) Competitors

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is DINO or PAA a better dividend stock?

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. HF Sinclair pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 91.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DINO or PAA?

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DINO or PAA?

HF Sinclair has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains All American Pipeline. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$31.96B	0.35	$1.59B	$8.30	6.84
Plains All American Pipeline	$48.71B	0.26	$1.23B	$1.39	12.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DINO or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 663 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.93% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 29.33% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 22 29.33%	Underperform Votes 53 70.67%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 685 65.93%	Underperform Votes 354 34.07%

Do analysts recommend DINO or PAA?

HF Sinclair currently has a consensus target price of $65.42, suggesting a potential upside of 16.42%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus target price of $18.96, suggesting a potential upside of 6.15%. Given HF Sinclair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Plains All American Pipeline	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the media refer more to DINO or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 1 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 5 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.76 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DINO or PAA more profitable?

HF Sinclair has a net margin of 4.97% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 2.39%. HF Sinclair's return on equity of 17.61% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	4.97%	17.61%	10.01%
Plains All American Pipeline	2.39%	10.48%	4.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, DINO or PAA?

HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HF Sinclair beats Plains All American Pipeline on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.