HF Sinclair (DINO) and Its Competitors Financial Review

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare HF Sinclair to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HF Sinclair pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.2% and pay out -131.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Volatility & Risk

HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair’s peers have a beta of -3.67, indicating that their average stock price is 467% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares HF Sinclair and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	10.12%	32.95%	18.22%
HF Sinclair Competitors	-457.98%	19.26%	6.33%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for HF Sinclair and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	1	7	6	2	2.56
HF Sinclair Competitors	5981	26988	40848	2422	2.52

HF Sinclair currently has a consensus target price of $116.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.16%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 29.00%. Given HF Sinclair’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HF Sinclair and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$26.87 billion	$579.00 million	4.94
HF Sinclair Competitors	$10.86 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.83

HF Sinclair has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. HF Sinclair is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

HF Sinclair beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About HF Sinclair

HF Sinclair Corporation operates as an independent energy company. The company produces and markets gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel, specialty lubricant products, specialty chemicals, specialty and modified asphalt, and others. It owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming; and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest United States and Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest, and in other neighboring Plains states. In addition, the company supplies fuels to approximately 1,500 independent Sinclair branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at approximately 300 additional locations. Further, it produces base oils and other specialized lubricants; and provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage, and throughput services to the petroleum sector. HF Sinclair Corporation is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.