SUN vs. PBF, CVI, YPF, DK, SSL, CPG, VAL, MGY, ETRN, and RIG
Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Delek US (DK), Sasol (SSL), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Valaris (VAL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), and Transocean (RIG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus price target of $57.55, indicating a potential upside of 0.48%. Sunoco has a consensus price target of $62.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.14%. Given PBF Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sunoco is more favorable than PBF Energy.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. PBF Energy pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunoco pays out 92.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PBF Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Sunoco has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sunoco. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunoco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunoco received 31 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sunoco had 9 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sunoco and 9 mentions for PBF Energy. Sunoco's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.19 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 5.59% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of 1.71%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 37.91% beat Sunoco's return on equity.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Sunoco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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