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SU vs. CNQ, COP, CVE, EOG, MUR, OVV, XOM, IMO, TTE, and PBR

Should you be buying Suncor Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suncor Energy include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ConocoPhillips (COP), Cenovus Energy (CVE), EOG Resources (EOG), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Imperial Oil (IMO), TotalEnergies (TTE), and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Suncor Energy vs. Its Competitors

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 16.92% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 11.95%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.90% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Natural Resources16.92% 20.90% 10.37%
Suncor Energy 11.95%14.90%7.40%

74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suncor Energy pays out 47.8% 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. Canadian Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Suncor Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Canadian Natural Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suncor Energy has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Suncor Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Suncor Energy and 10 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Canadian Natural Resources' score of 1.33 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Natural Resources
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Suncor Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Canadian Natural Resources presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 98.24%. Suncor Energy has a consensus price target of $64.67, indicating a potential upside of 64.19%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Suncor Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Suncor Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Canadian Natural Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Natural Resources$30.30B2.19$4.46B$2.5512.46
Suncor Energy$37.32B1.29$4.39B$3.4711.35

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Suncor Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SU vs. The Competition

MetricSuncor EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$48.15B$29.53B$7.76B$20.55B
Dividend Yield4.27%4.59%10.89%3.74%
P/E Ratio11.3515.2960.4228.04
Price / Sales1.290.7920,598.8341.55
Price / Cash4.787.2636.2722.25
Price / Book1.512.283.724.61
Net Income$4.39B$2.57B$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.55%0.50%0.49%3.25%
1 Month Performance4.69%3.81%3.41%4.36%
1 Year Performance3.93%-6.42%100.67%14.94%

Suncor Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7363 of 5 stars
$39.39
+0.4%
$64.67
+64.2%
+4.8%$48.15B$37.32B11.3515,010Positive News
Options Volume
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.5154 of 5 stars
$31.80
-1.3%
$63.00
+98.1%
-9.9%$66.51B$30.30B12.4710,640Positive News
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9786 of 5 stars
$91.98
-1.8%
$121.80
+32.4%
-14.9%$116.28B$57.41B11.6911,800Positive News
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8557 of 5 stars
$14.06
-0.7%
$25.75
+83.2%
-24.8%$25.43B$39.62B13.147,150Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
4.5414 of 5 stars
$119.30
-3.1%
$139.48
+16.9%
-3.0%$65.11B$23.70B11.073,150Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8762 of 5 stars
$23.84
-2.6%
$29.08
+22.0%
-35.7%$3.40B$3.03B9.17690Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8639 of 5 stars
$39.16
-1.9%
$54.59
+39.4%
-12.8%$10.17B$9.15B16.661,623News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.7878 of 5 stars
$110.71
-1.3%
$125.40
+13.3%
+2.5%$477.10B$349.59B14.6861,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
IMO
Imperial Oil
3.4492 of 5 stars
$79.99
-1.8%
$106.33
+32.9%
N/A$40.72B$37.61B11.965,100
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.8853 of 5 stars
$60.50
-3.5%
$69.96
+15.6%
-8.1%$145.05B$191.63B10.18102,887Positive News
PBR
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
4.643 of 5 stars
$12.80
-2.0%
$17.40
+36.0%
-15.0%$82.46B$88.72B9.5549,185

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