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

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

Insider and Institutional 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HF Sinclair and Thai Oil Public”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$31.44 billion	0.27	$1.59 billion	$8.08	5.40
Thai Oil Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.35	0.86

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for HF Sinclair and Thai Oil Public, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus target price of $55.82, indicating a potential upside of 27.85%. Given HF Sinclair’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Thai Oil Public.

Dividends

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Thai Oil Public pays an annual dividend of $16.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 111.7%. HF Sinclair pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

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

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.

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.