Scotiabank Forecasts HF Sinclair FY2026 Earnings

HF Sinclair Co. (NYSE:DINO) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of HF Sinclair in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst P. Cheng forecasts that the company will post earnings of $4.90 per share for the year. Scotiabank has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $57.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for HF Sinclair’s current full-year earnings is $2.27 per share.

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.19. The business had revenue of $7.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.11 billion. HF Sinclair had a return on equity of 5.51% and a net margin of 1.10%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.06 EPS.

DINO has been the topic of several other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded HF Sinclair from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their target price for the company from $53.00 to $45.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. TD Cowen cut their price objective on HF Sinclair from $43.00 to $35.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on HF Sinclair from $58.00 to $49.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Barclays cut their price objective on HF Sinclair from $44.00 to $42.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on HF Sinclair from $57.00 to $53.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 4th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, HF Sinclair presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $51.45.

HF Sinclair Stock Performance

NYSE DINO opened at $35.87 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $6.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.14 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 1.81. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $38.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $43.98. HF Sinclair has a fifty-two week low of $33.47 and a fifty-two week high of $64.16.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HF Sinclair

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of HF Sinclair by 8.1% in the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 8,411,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,909,000 after acquiring an additional 626,755 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in HF Sinclair by 7.5% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 5,749,406 shares of the company’s stock worth $306,665,000 after buying an additional 399,988 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in HF Sinclair by 3.5% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,894,833 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,163,000 after buying an additional 165,313 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in HF Sinclair by 54.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,816,084 shares of the company’s stock worth $147,873,000 after buying an additional 997,629 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd lifted its position in HF Sinclair by 11.7% during the third quarter. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd now owns 1,678,196 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,797,000 after buying an additional 175,925 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.29% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at HF Sinclair

In other HF Sinclair news, CFO Atanas H. Atanasov acquired 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $37.96 per share, with a total value of $265,720.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief financial officer now owns 71,927 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,730,348.92. This trade represents a 10.78 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Franklin Myers acquired 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $38.76 per share, for a total transaction of $193,800.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 145,293 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,631,556.68. This trade represents a 3.56 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have acquired 17,000 shares of company stock valued at $628,370. Company insiders own 0.28% of the company’s stock.

HF Sinclair Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 21st were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 21st. HF Sinclair’s payout ratio is currently 123.46%.

HF Sinclair Company Profile

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.