Zacks Research Forecasts Sunoco's FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:SUN)

Sunoco LP (NYSE:SUN - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for Sunoco in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $7.00 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $6.87. The consensus estimate for Sunoco's current full-year earnings is $7.16 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Sunoco's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.42 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.44 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.93 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Barclays raised their target price on Sunoco from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Sunoco from $63.00 to $64.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $62.75.

Sunoco Stock Performance

Shares of Sunoco stock traded up $0.35 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $52.20. The company had a trading volume of 222,309 shares, compared to its average volume of 319,936. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 0.66. Sunoco has a one year low of $49.45 and a one year high of $64.89. The firm has a market cap of $7.96 billion, a PE ratio of 12.00 and a beta of 1.36. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $52.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $53.64.

Sunoco (NYSE:SUN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.26) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.53 by ($1.79). Sunoco had a return on equity of 19.77% and a net margin of 2.72%. The business had revenue of $5.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.09 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.95 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 9.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sunoco

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SUN. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Sunoco during the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Redwood Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in Sunoco during the second quarter valued at about $46,000. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Sunoco during the second quarter worth about $93,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of Sunoco in the 3rd quarter worth about $165,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Sunoco by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,800 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $204,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. 24.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Sunoco Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 19th. Investors of record on Friday, November 8th were given a $0.8756 dividend. This represents a $3.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 8th. Sunoco's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 80.46%.

About Sunoco

Sunoco LP, together with its subsidiaries, distributes and retails motor fuels in the United States. It operates through two segments: Fuel Distribution and Marketing, and All Other. The Fuel Distribution and Marketing segment purchases motor fuel, as well as other petroleum products, such as propane and lubricating oil from independent refiners and oil companies and supplies it to company-operated retail stores, independently operated commission agents, and retail stores, as well as other commercial customers, including unbranded retail stores, other fuel distributors, school districts, municipalities, and other industrial customers.