HF Sinclair (DINO) Competitors

CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CVI or DINO?

98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held 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.

Do analysts recommend CVI or DINO?

CVR Energy presently has a consensus target price of $23.80, indicating a potential downside of 19.13%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $48.45, indicating a potential upside of 11.92%. Given HF Sinclair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than CVR Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Energy	6 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.25
HF Sinclair	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is CVI or DINO more profitable?

HF Sinclair has a net margin of -0.51% compared to CVR Energy's net margin of -2.68%. HF Sinclair's return on equity of 0.05% beat CVR Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Energy	-2.68%	-12.66%	-2.75%
HF Sinclair	-0.51%	0.05%	0.03%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CVI or DINO?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than CVR Energy. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Energy, 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
CVR Energy	$7.61B	0.39	$7M	-$1.97	-14.94
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.29	$177M	-$0.77	-56.23

Which has more risk and volatility, CVI or DINO?

CVR Energy has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CVI or DINO?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 20 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for HF Sinclair and 5 mentions for CVR Energy. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat CVR Energy's score of 0.56 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Sinclair	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

HF Sinclair beats CVR Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.