HF Sinclair (DINO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RYAAY or DINO?

Ryanair received 563 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 33.02% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 598 69.70%	Underperform Votes 260 30.30%
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 35 33.02%	Underperform Votes 71 66.98%

Which has more volatility & risk, RYAAY or DINO?

Ryanair has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RYAAY or DINO?

43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RYAAY or DINO a better dividend stock?

Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Ryanair pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out 123.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation and earnings, RYAAY or DINO?

Ryanair has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HF Sinclair. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, 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
Ryanair	$13.56B	1.79	$2.07B	$3.00	14.90
HF Sinclair	$29.74B	0.21	$1.59B	$1.62	20.84

Do analysts rate RYAAY or DINO?

Ryanair currently has a consensus price target of $151.00, suggesting a potential upside of 237.81%. HF Sinclair has a consensus price target of $51.45, suggesting a potential upside of 52.41%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is RYAAY or DINO more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 11.38% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 1.10%. Ryanair's return on equity of 19.92% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryanair	11.38%	19.92%	9.23%
HF Sinclair	1.10%	5.51%	3.16%

Does the media favor RYAAY or DINO?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 20 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for HF Sinclair and 12 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat HF Sinclair's score of 0.64 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryanair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Sinclair	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ryanair beats HF Sinclair on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.