Sable Offshore (SOC) Competitors

Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend SOC or SUN?

Sable Offshore presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.86%. Sunoco has a consensus price target of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Given Sunoco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sunoco is more favorable than Sable Offshore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sable Offshore	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sunoco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SOC or SUN?

26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SOC or SUN more profitable?

Sunoco has a net margin of 3.85% compared to Sable Offshore's net margin of 0.00%. Sunoco's return on equity of 22.52% beat Sable Offshore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sable Offshore	N/A	-319.58%	-39.11%
Sunoco	3.85%	22.52%	6.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOC or SUN?

Sunoco received 490 more outperform votes than Sable Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Sable Offshore an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sable Offshore	Outperform Votes 12 75.00%	Underperform Votes 4 25.00%
Sunoco	Outperform Votes 502 60.63%	Underperform Votes 326 39.37%

Does the media refer more to SOC or SUN?

In the previous week, Sunoco had 13 more articles in the media than Sable Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Sunoco and 9 mentions for Sable Offshore. Sable Offshore's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Sunoco's score of 0.02 indicating that Sable Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sable Offshore	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sunoco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SOC or SUN?

Sunoco has higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sable Offshore	N/A	N/A	-$32.18M	N/A	N/A
Sunoco	$22.69B	0.39	$874M	$6.60	8.83

Which has more volatility & risk, SOC or SUN?

Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sunoco beats Sable Offshore on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.