Reviewing HF Sinclair (DINO) & Its Competitors

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

Risk and Volatility

HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair’s rivals have a beta of -3.75, indicating that their average stock price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares HF Sinclair and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	10.12%	32.95%	18.22%
HF Sinclair Competitors	-455.90%	20.13%	6.34%

Dividends

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HF Sinclair pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out -125.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. HF Sinclair lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for HF Sinclair and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	1	7	6	2	2.56
HF Sinclair Competitors	5982	26998	40857	2423	2.52

HF Sinclair currently has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.99%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.52%. Given HF Sinclair’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HF Sinclair and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$34.83 billion	$579.00 million	5.12
HF Sinclair Competitors	$273.11 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.92

HF Sinclair’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair 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

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HF Sinclair beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

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.