SunocoCorp (SUNC) versus The Competition Critical Analysis

SunocoCorp (NYSE:SUNC) is one of 1,052 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare SunocoCorp to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SunocoCorp and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunocoCorp	$25.20 billion	-$5.00 million	26.17
SunocoCorp Competitors	$14.47 billion	$5.51 billion	0.94

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for SunocoCorp and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunocoCorp	1	1	3	1	2.67
SunocoCorp Competitors	5797	26367	39893	2261	2.52

SunocoCorp currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 33.66%. Given SunocoCorp’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SunocoCorp has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held 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 SunocoCorp and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunocoCorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
SunocoCorp Competitors	-489.95%	5.79%	5.77%

Dividends

SunocoCorp pays an annual dividend of $4.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. SunocoCorp pays out 138.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 13.1% and pay out -113.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. SunocoCorp lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

SunocoCorp rivals beat SunocoCorp on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

About SunocoCorp

Sunoco LP is an energy infrastructure and fuel distribution master limited partnership. Sunoco LP is based in DALLAS.