Sunoco (SUN) Competitors

Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, WDS or SUN?

Woodside Energy Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sunoco. Sunoco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodside Energy Group, 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
Woodside Energy Group	$13.18B	2.10	$1.66B	$0.82	17.74
Sunoco	$22.69B	0.38	$874M	$6.60	8.65

Which has more risk and volatility, WDS or SUN?

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate WDS or SUN?

Sunoco has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Sunoco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sunoco is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sunoco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer WDS or SUN?

In the previous week, Sunoco had 25 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Sunoco and 5 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Sunoco's score of 0.20 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Woodside Energy Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sunoco	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WDS or SUN?

3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by company 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.

Is WDS or SUN more profitable?

Sunoco has a net margin of 3.85% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Sunoco's return on equity of 22.52% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sunoco	3.85%	22.52%	6.13%

Is WDS or SUN a better dividend stock?

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sunoco pays out 53.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDS or SUN?

Sunoco received 497 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Woodside Energy Group	Outperform Votes 5 27.78%	Underperform Votes 13 72.22%
Sunoco	Outperform Votes 502 60.63%	Underperform Votes 326 39.37%

Summary

Sunoco beats Woodside Energy Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.