HF Sinclair (DINO) and Its Competitors Head to Head Review

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) 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 HF Sinclair to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair’s competitors have a beta of -3.72, suggesting that their average stock price is 472% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares HF Sinclair and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	10.12%	32.95%	18.22%
HF Sinclair Competitors	-470.80%	19.34%	6.40%

Dividends

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. HF Sinclair pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.0% and pay out -122.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for HF Sinclair and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	1	7	6	2	2.56
HF Sinclair Competitors	5968	26957	40797	2410	2.52

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $116.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.00%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 26.58%. Given HF Sinclair’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HF Sinclair and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$26.87 billion	$579.00 million	5.30
HF Sinclair Competitors	$11.08 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.36

HF Sinclair has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. HF Sinclair 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.

Summary

HF Sinclair beats its competitors on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

HF Sinclair Company Profile

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.