SUN vs. YPF, PBF, CVI, DK, CLMT, VTNR, BPT, XOM, CVX, and COP
Should you be buying Sunoco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunoco include YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Vertex Energy (VTNR), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), and ConocoPhillips (COP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Sunoco has a net margin of 2.08% compared to Sunoco's net margin of -5.78%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 35.56% beat Sunoco's return on equity.
Sunoco received 33 more outperform votes than YPF Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.62% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 60.12% of users gave Sunoco an outperform vote.
YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus price target of $21.73, suggesting a potential downside of 6.36%. Sunoco has a consensus price target of $62.71, suggesting a potential upside of 22.97%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sunoco is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
Sunoco has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunoco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sunoco had 24 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Sunoco and 7 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Sunoco's score of 0.58 indicating that Sunoco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sunoco beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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