Scotiabank Comments on HF Sinclair FY2026 Earnings

HF Sinclair Co. (NYSE:DINO) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of HF Sinclair in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst P. Cheng expects that the company will earn $4.90 per share for the year. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $57.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for HF Sinclair’s current full-year earnings is $2.27 per share.

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.19. HF Sinclair had a net margin of 1.10% and a return on equity of 5.51%. The firm had revenue of $7.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.11 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.06 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 19.1% on a year-over-year basis.

DINO has been the topic of several other research reports. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on HF Sinclair from $57.00 to $53.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 4th. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of HF Sinclair from $58.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded shares of HF Sinclair from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $53.00 to $45.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of HF Sinclair from $58.00 to $49.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, TD Cowen decreased their price objective on shares of HF Sinclair from $43.00 to $35.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, HF Sinclair has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $51.45.

HF Sinclair Stock Performance

NYSE DINO opened at $34.74 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $6.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.44 and a beta of 1.22. HF Sinclair has a 1-year low of $33.47 and a 1-year high of $64.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $38.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $44.17.

Institutional Trading of HF Sinclair

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. V Square Quantitative Management LLC grew its position in shares of HF Sinclair by 11.1% in the third quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 2,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. Matrix Trust Co lifted its stake in shares of HF Sinclair by 122.4% during the third quarter. Matrix Trust Co now owns 576 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 317 shares during the period. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV lifted its stake in shares of HF Sinclair by 82.2% during the third quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC lifted its stake in shares of HF Sinclair by 10.1% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 4,275 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,000 after buying an additional 392 shares during the period. Finally, Paragon Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of HF Sinclair by 1.3% during the second quarter. Paragon Capital Management Inc. now owns 33,364 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,780,000 after buying an additional 419 shares during the period. 88.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at HF Sinclair

In related news, CFO Atanas H. Atanasov bought 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $37.96 per share, for a total transaction of $265,720.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 71,927 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,730,348.92. This represents a 10.78 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Franklin Myers bought 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were bought at an average price of $38.76 per share, for a total transaction of $193,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 145,293 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,631,556.68. This trade represents a 3.56 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have bought a total of 17,000 shares of company stock worth $628,370 over the last ninety days. 0.28% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

HF Sinclair Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 21st were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 21st. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.76%. HF Sinclair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 123.46%.

HF Sinclair Company Profile

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.