Sunoco (SUN) Competitors

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is EXE or SUN more profitable?

Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Sunoco's net margin of 3.85%. Sunoco's return on equity of 22.52% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesapeake Energy	6.07%	2.74%	2.08%
Sunoco	3.85%	22.52%	6.13%

Which has more risk and volatility, EXE or SUN?

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EXE or SUN?

Chesapeake Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sunoco. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunoco, 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
Chesapeake Energy	$4.22B	5.70	$2.42B	-$4.12	-25.10
Sunoco	$22.69B	0.38	$874M	$6.60	8.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EXE or SUN?

Sunoco received 474 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 60.77% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesapeake Energy	Outperform Votes 31 67.39%	Underperform Votes 15 32.61%
Sunoco	Outperform Votes 505 60.77%	Underperform Votes 326 39.23%

Is EXE or SUN a better dividend stock?

Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunoco pays out 54.4% 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.

Do analysts prefer EXE or SUN?

Chesapeake Energy presently has a consensus price target of $123.22, indicating a potential upside of 19.14%. Sunoco has a consensus price target of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.41%. Given Chesapeake Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Sunoco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesapeake Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sunoco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer EXE or SUN?

In the previous week, Sunoco had 8 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Sunoco and 14 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Sunoco's score of -0.13 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chesapeake Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sunoco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of EXE or SUN?

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chesapeake Energy beats Sunoco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.