BP PLC vs SUNOCO LP, two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BP and SUN diverge most: on return on invested capital, BP reads 13.5% and SUN reads 9907.9%; on return on assets, BP reads 0.5% and SUN reads 3.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SUN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BP | SUN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $45.21 | $76.37 |
| Market cap | $123.6B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/B | 1.67 | — |
| P/S | 0.64 | 0.13 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Revenue growth | +6.9% | +40.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 8.1% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 1.8% | — |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 3.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.5% | 9907.9% |
| FCF yield | 19.8% | 24.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | — |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.40 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.29 | 1.29 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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