Research Analysts Set Expectations for Sunoco Q2 Earnings

Sunoco LP (NYSE:SUN) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Sunoco in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, June 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas company will earn $1.74 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.77. The consensus estimate for Sunoco’s current full-year earnings is $10.65 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Sunoco’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.97 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.75 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.83 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.90 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.61 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.00 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.88 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on SUN. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Sunoco from $62.00 to $61.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 28th. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Sunoco from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Sunoco from $63.00 to $66.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Sunoco presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $64.75.

Sunoco Trading Up 3.5%

Shares of SUN opened at $53.27 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Sunoco has a 1 year low of $48.00 and a 1 year high of $59.88. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $55.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $55.34. The firm has a market cap of $8.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.60 and a beta of 0.62.

Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The oil and gas company reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by ($0.48). Sunoco had a net margin of 3.80% and a return on equity of 20.34%. The company had revenue of $5.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.58 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.26 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Ellsworth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Sunoco in the first quarter valued at $1,820,000. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI purchased a new position in shares of Sunoco in the first quarter valued at $1,579,000. McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new position in shares of Sunoco in the first quarter valued at $199,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Sunoco by 14.2% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 2,978,209 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $172,915,000 after purchasing an additional 369,508 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Sunoco by 3.4% in the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,523 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $2,875,000 after purchasing an additional 1,607 shares in the last quarter. 24.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Sunoco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 20th. Investors of record on Friday, May 9th were issued a $0.8976 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 9th. This is a positive change from Sunoco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.89. This represents a $3.59 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.74%. Sunoco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 64.68%.

About Sunoco

Sunoco LP, together with its subsidiaries, distributes and retails motor fuels in the United States. It operates through two segments: Fuel Distribution and Marketing, and All Other. The Fuel Distribution and Marketing segment purchases motor fuel, as well as other petroleum products, such as propane and lubricating oil from independent refiners and oil companies and supplies it to company-operated retail stores, independently operated commission agents, and retail stores, as well as other commercial customers, including unbranded retail stores, other fuel distributors, school districts, municipalities, and other industrial customers.