Head to Head Review: HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO)

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HighPeak Energy and HF Sinclair”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighPeak Energy	$863.36 million	1.49	$18.96 million	($0.79)	-12.90
HF Sinclair	$26.87 billion	0.73	$579.00 million	$19.71	5.84

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than HighPeak Energy. HighPeak Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares HighPeak Energy and HF Sinclair’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	-10.52%	-1.44%	-0.71%
HF Sinclair	10.12%	32.95%	18.22%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for HighPeak Energy and HF Sinclair, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50
HF Sinclair	1	7	6	2	2.56

HF Sinclair has a consensus price target of $115.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.64%. Given HF Sinclair’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than HighPeak Energy.

Summary

HF Sinclair beats HighPeak Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HighPeak Energy

HighPeak Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

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.