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SUN vs. WDS, EXE, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, PR, and VNOM

Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Expand Energy (EXE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Sunoco vs. Its Competitors

Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sunoco pays out 64.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunoco has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Sunoco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sunoco has a net margin of 3.80% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Sunoco's return on equity of 20.34% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Woodside Energy GroupN/A N/A N/A
Sunoco 3.80%20.34%5.94%

In the previous week, Sunoco had 5 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sunoco and 4 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Sunoco's score of 0.18 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Woodside Energy Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sunoco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Sunoco has a consensus target price of $64.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.80%. Given Sunoco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sunoco is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Sunoco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Woodside Energy Group$13.18B2.24$3.57B$0.8218.98
Sunoco$22.69B0.36$866M$5.559.58

Summary

Sunoco beats Woodside Energy Group on 13 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 SUN 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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SUN vs. The Competition

MetricSunocoOil Refining & Marketing MLP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.19B$8.40B$7.51B$20.43B
Dividend Yield6.70%6.42%10.93%3.76%
P/E Ratio9.5817.9553.7427.62
Price / Sales0.361.0919,876.9836.40
Price / Cash7.037.6836.1621.79
Price / Book1.993.763.244.52
Net Income$866M$485.39M$4.19B$984.47M
7 Day Performance3.08%0.97%0.54%2.61%
1 Month Performance-0.99%3.35%4.95%4.99%
1 Year Performance-5.36%4.62%104.61%13.53%

Sunoco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUN
Sunoco
2.9801 of 5 stars
$53.16
-0.8%
$64.75
+21.8%
-5.7%$8.19B$22.69B9.583,298
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.9891 of 5 stars
$16.20
-3.4%
N/A-17.9%$30.76B$13.18B19.764,667Positive News
EXE
Expand Energy
3.9741 of 5 stars
$121.45
-0.5%
$127.55
+5.0%
N/A$28.90B$4.24B-22.661,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8011 of 5 stars
$13.94
-4.7%
$25.75
+84.7%
-29.8%$25.41B$39.62B13.037,150Positive News
High Trading Volume
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
4.3429 of 5 stars
$36.86
-1.8%
$56.00
+51.9%
+1.2%$21.41B$5.39B16.682,997Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9381 of 5 stars
$26.73
-0.9%
$33.30
+24.6%
-5.6%$20.41B$5.93B15.54980News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EC
Ecopetrol
2.9322 of 5 stars
$9.42
-4.3%
$11.00
+16.8%
-19.9%$19.37B$32.80B6.2019,581
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anonima
2.8435 of 5 stars
$33.81
-2.5%
$41.30
+22.1%
+62.4%$13.30B$19.29B7.8825,877
AR
Antero Resources
4.5274 of 5 stars
$42.30
-3.4%
$43.22
+2.2%
+17.2%$13.14B$4.33B49.19590Positive News
Options Volume
PR
Permian Resources
4.5982 of 5 stars
$14.09
-4.3%
$18.50
+31.3%
-13.1%$11.32B$5.00B8.70220Positive News
High Trading Volume
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.2843 of 5 stars
$38.68
-5.0%
$57.00
+47.4%
+0.3%$11.16B$860.39M10.18711Positive News
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