Financial Contrast: SunocoCorp (SUNC) versus Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares SunocoCorp and its peers’ 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%

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for SunocoCorp and its peers, 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 presently has a consensus price target 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 peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SunocoCorp has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SunocoCorp and its peers 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 peers. SunocoCorp 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.

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 peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

SunocoCorp peers 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.