SUN vs. PBF, CVI, DK, YPF, UGP, VAL, MGY, CPG, CWEN, and BEPC Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), Valaris (VAL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Sunoco (NYSE:SUN ) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF ) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by company 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 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.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Sunoco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PBF Energy and 3 mentions for Sunoco. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Sunoco's score of 0.58 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sunoco pays out 78.0% 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 pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Sunoco received 32 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.12% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
Sunoco has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sunoco currently has a consensus price target of $62.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $57.27, indicating a potential upside of 11.27%. Given Sunoco's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sunoco is more favorable than PBF Energy.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Sunoco's net margin of 2.08%. Sunoco's return on equity of 35.56% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
Summary PBF Energy beats Sunoco on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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