Financial Analysis: SunocoCorp (SUNC) and Its Peers

SunocoCorp (NYSE:SUNC) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare SunocoCorp to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares SunocoCorp and its rivals’ 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	-470.72%	6.89%	6.07%

Dividends

SunocoCorp pays an annual dividend of $4.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 8.8% and pay out -113.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. SunocoCorp lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SunocoCorp and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunocoCorp	1	1	3	1	2.67
SunocoCorp Competitors	5851	26548	40130	2299	2.52

SunocoCorp presently has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.84%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 17.75%. Given SunocoCorp’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SunocoCorp has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SunocoCorp and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunocoCorp	$25.20 billion	-$5.00 million	28.55
SunocoCorp Competitors	$10.63 billion	$5.52 billion	2.19

SunocoCorp has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. SunocoCorp is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.6% 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.

Summary

SunocoCorp rivals beat SunocoCorp on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

SunocoCorp Company Profile

Sunoco LP is an energy infrastructure and fuel distribution master limited partnership. Sunoco LP is based in DALLAS.