SUNOCO LP vs Exxon Mobil Corporation, two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Economically Sunoco and ExxonMobil sit at opposite scales and functions: Sunoco is a $3.4B fuel-distribution MLP running a toll on terminals and pipelines, Exxon a $573B integrated colossus spanning wells to chemicals to pumps. Exxon earns 9.7% on equity and 5.5% on assets, real integrated returns; Sunoco earns a thin 3.1% net margin and pays through distributions, its 28.5% free-cash figure an MLP mechanic. Exxon pays a 2.9% dividend at 23 times earnings; Sunoco has no usable P/E. Exxon runs near-zero debt. The pair prices the industry's largest integrated against one of its smaller distribution vehicles; they touch only where Exxon's fuel meets Sunoco's terminals, and share almost nothing else on the income statement.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | SUN | XOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $66.32 | $136.40 |
| Market cap | $3.4B | $573.2B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.7% | +1.4% |
| P/E | — | 23.0 |
| P/B | — | 2.20 |
| P/S | 0.11 | 1.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.3 | 21.4 |
| Revenue growth | +40.5% | -4.2% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | — |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 7.6% |
| Return on equity | — | 9.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 9907.9% | — |
| FCF yield | 28.5% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | — | 0.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.40 | 1.04 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.28 | 3.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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