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.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 38 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 14 mentions for Suncor Energy. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Suncor Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 18.40% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 15.38%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 20.85% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.
82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ConocoPhillips currently has a consensus price target of $144.65, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. Suncor Energy has a consensus price target of $51.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.57%. Given ConocoPhillips' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than ConocoPhillips.
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.
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.
ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ConocoPhillips pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% 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. ConocoPhillips has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Suncor Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
ConocoPhillips beats Suncor Energy on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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