Sunoco (SUN) Competitors

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

Is SUN or AROC more profitable?

Archrock has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Sunoco's net margin of 3.80%. Sunoco's return on equity of 20.34% beat Archrock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunoco	3.80%	20.34%	5.94%
Archrock	16.38%	18.31%	6.21%

Do analysts prefer SUN or AROC?

Sunoco currently has a consensus price target of $64.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.16%. Archrock has a consensus price target of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.66%. Given Sunoco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sunoco is more favorable than Archrock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunoco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SUN or AROC?

Sunoco has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Sunoco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, 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
Sunoco	$22.69B	0.35	$866M	$5.55	9.36
Archrock	$1.16B	3.55	$172.23M	$1.18	19.71

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SUN or AROC?

24.3% of Sunoco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SUN or AROC a better dividend stock?

Sunoco pays an annual dividend of $3.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sunoco pays out 64.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archrock pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sunoco has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Archrock has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, SUN or AROC?

Sunoco has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SUN or AROC?

In the previous week, Sunoco had 5 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sunoco and 5 mentions for Archrock. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Sunoco's score of 0.64 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sunoco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Archrock beats Sunoco on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.