Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend DINO or MPC?

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus target price of $55.64, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus target price of $196.29, indicating a potential upside of 1.54%. Given HF Sinclair's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Marathon Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

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

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, DINO or MPC?

HF Sinclair has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DINO or MPC?

In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 4 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 16 mentions for HF Sinclair. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat HF Sinclair's score of 0.87 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Marathon Petroleum	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DINO or MPC 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
HF Sinclair	-0.32%	1.89%	1.06%
Marathon Petroleum	1.58%	8.38%	2.53%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DINO or MPC?

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
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.34	$177M	-$0.46	-112.30
Marathon Petroleum	$133.56B	0.44	$3.45B	$6.74	28.68

Is DINO or MPC a better dividend stock?

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. HF Sinclair pays out -434.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Petroleum pays out 54.0% 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. HF Sinclair has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Marathon Petroleum has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.