HF Sinclair (DINO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DINO or VIK?

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Viking shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DINO or VIK?

In the previous week, Viking had 8 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Viking and 19 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Viking's score of 0.33 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Viking	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	0.18	$1.59B	$0.82	34.07
Viking	$5.33B	3.19	-$1.86B	$0.26	151.54

Do analysts prefer DINO or VIK?

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $45.70, suggesting a potential upside of 63.56%. Viking has a consensus price target of $46.18, suggesting a potential upside of 17.20%. Given HF Sinclair's higher possible upside, equities 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DINO or VIK?

HF Sinclair received 13 more outperform votes than Viking when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.79% of users gave Viking an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 38 33.33%	Underperform Votes 76 66.67%
Viking	Outperform Votes 25 65.79%	Underperform Votes 13 34.21%

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%

Summary

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