Comparing Thai Oil Public (OTCMKTS:TOIPY) & HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO)

Thai Oil Public (OTCMKTS:TOIPY) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Dividends

Thai Oil Public pays an annual dividend of $16.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 111.7%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Thai Oil Public pays out 96.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HF Sinclair pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Thai Oil Public and HF Sinclair”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thai Oil Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.35	0.86
HF Sinclair	$31.44 billion	0.27	$1.59 billion	$8.08	5.44

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than Thai Oil Public. Thai Oil Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Thai Oil Public and HF Sinclair’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thai Oil Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
HF Sinclair	3.80%	11.85%	6.77%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Thai Oil Public and HF Sinclair, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thai Oil Public	0	0	0	0	N/A
HF Sinclair	0	6	7	0	2.54

HF Sinclair has a consensus price target of $55.82, indicating a potential upside of 27.11%. Given HF Sinclair’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Thai Oil Public.

Summary

HF Sinclair beats Thai Oil Public on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thai Oil Public

Thai Oil Public Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the oil refining, petrochemicals, lube base oil, and other businesses in Thailand and internationally. It operates through Oil Refinery, Lube Base Oil Refinery, Aromatics and LAB, Power Generation, Solvent, Ethanol, Olefins, and Others segments. The company produces gasoline, diesel/gas oil, jet fuel, kerosene, fuel oil, and liquefied petroleum gas; and petrochemical products, such as paraxylene, benzene, toluene, and mixed xylenes. It also produces and distributes lube base oil, bitumen/asphalt, and other by-products, as well as special products, such as treated distillate aromatics extract, and slack wax; and hydrocarbon and chemical solvents, and other chemicals. In addition, the company operates natural gas-fired combined-cycle co-generation power plants that generate and sell electricity, steam, and utilities to companies and industrial users, as well as invests in other power generating companies and related business. Further, it is involved in the production of ethanol; and manufacture and sale of linear alkyl benzene for use in the production of detergents and cleaning products; and provision of human resource management services. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

About HF Sinclair

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.