Contrasting SunocoCorp (SUNC) and 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 businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Insider & Institutional 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 13.0% and pay out -114.0% 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for SunocoCorp and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunocoCorp	1	1	3	1	2.67
SunocoCorp Competitors	5815	26424	39946	2264	2.52

SunocoCorp presently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.93%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 33.11%. Given SunocoCorp’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SunocoCorp has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunocoCorp	$25.20 billion	-$5.00 million	26.21
SunocoCorp Competitors	$10.60 billion	$5.51 billion	0.19

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.

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	-470.30%	9.90%	5.94%

Summary

SunocoCorp competitors 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.