Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Competitors

Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is MPC or DINO a better dividend stock?

Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out -434.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marathon Petroleum has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and HF Sinclair has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MPC or DINO?

Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Petroleum, 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
Marathon Petroleum	$133.56B	0.41	$3.45B	$6.74	26.71
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.33	$177M	-$0.46	-110.99

Do analysts recommend MPC or DINO?

Marathon Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of $189.36, indicating a potential upside of 5.17%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $51.82, indicating a potential upside of 1.50%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marathon Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HF Sinclair	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MPC or DINO?

76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MPC or DINO more profitable?

Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 1.58% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of -0.32%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 8.38% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marathon Petroleum	1.58%	8.38%	2.53%
HF Sinclair	-0.32%	1.89%	1.06%

Which has more risk and volatility, MPC or DINO?

Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MPC or DINO?

In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 6 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 24 mentions for HF Sinclair. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat HF Sinclair's score of 1.16 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marathon Petroleum	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Sinclair	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.