Comparing SunocoCorp (SUNC) & Its Peers

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SunocoCorp and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunocoCorp	$25.20 billion	-$5.00 million	26.43
SunocoCorp Competitors	$14.69 billion	$5.51 billion	2.13

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

Profitability

This table compares SunocoCorp and its peers’ 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	-471.23%	9.97%	5.98%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for SunocoCorp and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunocoCorp	1	1	3	1	2.67
SunocoCorp Competitors	5822	26446	39972	2269	2.52

SunocoCorp presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.03%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 32.51%. Given SunocoCorp’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SunocoCorp has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.6% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of SunocoCorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

SunocoCorp pays an annual dividend of $4.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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 12.9% and pay out -114.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. SunocoCorp lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

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

About SunocoCorp

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