HF Sinclair (DINO) Competitors

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DINO or VIK?

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Viking shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DINO or VIK?

HF Sinclair received 14 more outperform votes than Viking when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Viking an outperform vote while only 33.04% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 37 33.04%	Underperform Votes 75 66.96%
Viking	Outperform Votes 23 69.70%	Underperform Votes 10 30.30%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DINO or VIK?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than Viking. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking, 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
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.22	$1.59B	$0.82	40.46
Viking	$5.33B	3.34	-$1.86B	$0.26	158.69

Is DINO or VIK more profitable?

HF Sinclair has a net margin of 0.62% compared to Viking's net margin of -10.97%. HF Sinclair's return on equity of 1.98% beat Viking's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%
Viking	-10.97%	N/A	-1.53%

Does the media favor DINO or VIK?

In the previous week, Viking had 9 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Viking and 24 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Viking's score of 0.39 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Viking	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DINO or VIK?

HF Sinclair currently has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.65%. Viking has a consensus target price of $46.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.30%. Given HF Sinclair's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Viking.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Viking	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

HF Sinclair beats Viking on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.