Critical Comparison: SunocoCorp (SUNC) & Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares SunocoCorp and its competitors’ 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	-470.98%	7.01%	6.05%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SunocoCorp and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunocoCorp	$25.20 billion	-$5.00 million	27.55
SunocoCorp Competitors	$10.63 billion	$5.52 billion	2.27

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for SunocoCorp and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunocoCorp	1	1	3	1	2.67
SunocoCorp Competitors	5845	26515	40052	2284	2.52

SunocoCorp currently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.72%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 30.39%. Given SunocoCorp’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SunocoCorp has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.6% 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

SunocoCorp pays an annual dividend of $4.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 8.9% and pay out -110.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. SunocoCorp lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

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

SunocoCorp Company Profile

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