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Sunoco (SUN) Competitors

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$51.08 +0.01 (+0.02%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

SUN vs. CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, PR, OVV, AR, VNOM, HESM, and CHRD

Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Sunoco vs.

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

Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sunoco pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cenovus Energy pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Sunoco had 1 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sunoco and 11 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Sunoco's score of 0.21 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sunoco
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cenovus Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 6.72% compared to Sunoco's net margin of 2.72%. Sunoco's return on equity of 19.77% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sunoco2.72% 19.77% 4.90%
Cenovus Energy 6.72%12.88%6.80%

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sunoco. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunoco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sunoco$23.07B0.34$394M$4.3511.74
Cenovus Energy$58.94B0.45$3.04B$1.459.94

Sunoco has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sunoco currently has a consensus target price of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.85%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.04%. Given Cenovus Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Sunoco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sunoco
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Cenovus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cenovus Energy received 146 more outperform votes than Sunoco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.53% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SunocoOutperform Votes
500
60.53%
Underperform Votes
326
39.47%
Cenovus EnergyOutperform Votes
646
60.32%
Underperform Votes
425
39.68%

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats Sunoco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SUN vs. The Competition

MetricSunocoPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.79B$69.24B$8.34B$19.19B
Dividend Yield6.61%4.65%11.74%3.61%
P/E Ratio11.7413.5512.1541.30
Price / Sales0.340.8667.4717.58
Price / Cash9.135.9010.8721.28
Price / Book5.271.973.365.32
Net Income$394M$7.46B$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.27%-6.74%-3.45%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-5.55%-12.49%-5.59%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-14.61%-10.02%1.57%12.14%

Sunoco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUN
Sunoco
2.5348 of 5 stars
$51.08
+0.0%
$62.75
+22.8%
-14.6%$7.79B$23.07B11.742,389
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.07 of 5 stars
$14.85
-2.6%
$30.00
+102.0%
-13.5%$27.12B$58.94B10.526,925Analyst Downgrade
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
3.3183 of 5 stars
$37.41
-1.2%
$56.50
+51.0%
+6.7%$21.72B$6.70B15.852,837Analyst Downgrade
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.7684 of 5 stars
$24.82
-2.0%
$32.65
+31.5%
-8.0%$18.28B$5.66B15.26894Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EC
Ecopetrol
1.9537 of 5 stars
$8.02
-2.4%
$8.50
+6.0%
-36.0%$16.49B$133.44T3.5619,657
PR
Permian Resources
4.8772 of 5 stars
$14.23
-3.1%
$18.93
+33.1%
+0.9%$11.43B$3.12B8.90461Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.7333 of 5 stars
$39.85
-1.6%
$56.59
+42.0%
-13.4%$10.37B$10.88B5.371,743Analyst Forecast
AR
Antero Resources
3.6369 of 5 stars
$31.75
-1.9%
$34.33
+8.1%
+35.9%$9.88B$4.08B227.14590Analyst Upgrade
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VNOM
Viper Energy
3.5972 of 5 stars
$51.03
-0.3%
$58.27
+14.2%
+49.8%$9.61B$835.80M21.97711Analyst Forecast
HESM
Hess Midstream
2.3236 of 5 stars
$36.71
+0.0%
$38.67
+5.3%
+14.8%$8.00B$1.35B15.55200Positive News
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.8111 of 5 stars
$115.95
-2.8%
$184.55
+59.2%
-33.8%$7.09B$3.90B6.01530Analyst Forecast
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