SU vs. COP, BP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, VLO, HES, YPF, PBF, and SUN
Should you be buying Suncor Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suncor Energy include ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Hess (HES), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), PBF Energy (PBF), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 18.40% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 15.38%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 20.85% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.
ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 40 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 13 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.67 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Suncor Energy presently has a consensus price target of $51.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.57%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $144.65, indicating a potential upside of 24.18%. Given Suncor Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than ConocoPhillips.
ConocoPhillips received 32 more outperform votes than Suncor Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.37% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 66.37% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
Summary
ConocoPhillips beats Suncor Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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