Contrasting Neste OYJ (OTCMKTS:NTOIY) and SunocoCorp (NYSE:SUNC)

SunocoCorp (NYSE:SUNC) and Neste OYJ (OTCMKTS:NTOIY) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for SunocoCorp and Neste OYJ, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunocoCorp	1	0	2	1	2.75
Neste OYJ	0	4	1	2	2.71

SunocoCorp currently has a consensus price target of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.79%. Given SunocoCorp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SunocoCorp is more favorable than Neste OYJ.

Dividends

SunocoCorp pays an annual dividend of $3.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Neste OYJ pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Neste OYJ pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SunocoCorp and Neste OYJ”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunocoCorp	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neste OYJ	$21.51 billion	1.05	$162.92 million	$0.11	134.00

Neste OYJ has higher revenue and earnings than SunocoCorp.

Profitability

This table compares SunocoCorp and Neste OYJ’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunocoCorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neste OYJ	0.81%	2.14%	0.99%

About SunocoCorp

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

About Neste OYJ

Neste Oyj provides renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel in Finland, and other Nordic countries, Baltic Rim, other European countries, North and South America, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Renewable Products, Oil Products, Marketing & Services, and Others. The Renewable Products segment produces, markets, and sells renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable solvents, and feedstock for bioplastics to wholesale markets. The Oil Products segment produces, markets, and sells diesel, gasoline, aviation and marine fuels, light and heavy fuel oils, and gasoline components, as well as special fuels, such as small-engine gasoline, solvents, liquid gases, and bitumen. This segment serves retailers and distributors, oil majors and trading companies, petrochemicals companies, and companies marketing lubricants and solvents, as well as road transportation, non-road uses, aviation and marine sectors. The Marketing & Services segment markets and sells cleaner fuels and oil products, and associated services to private motorists, transport companies, customers in aviation, shipping, industrial and agricultural sectors, municipalities, farmers, and heating oil customers through a network of service stations, as well as direct sales and distributors. The Others segment offers engineering solutions. The company was formerly known as Neste Oil Oyj and changed its name to Neste Oyj in June 2015. Neste Oyj was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.