World Kinect (NYSE:WKC) vs. HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) Head-To-Head Survey

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and World Kinect (NYSE:WKC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for HF Sinclair and World Kinect, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	1	7	5	1	2.43
World Kinect	3	2	1	0	1.67

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus target price of $59.18, suggesting a potential upside of 13.17%. World Kinect has a consensus target price of $28.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.16%. Given World Kinect’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe World Kinect is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Volatility & Risk

HF Sinclair has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, World Kinect has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares HF Sinclair and World Kinect’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	-0.32%	1.89%	1.06%
World Kinect	-1.16%	7.11%	1.99%

Dividends

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. World Kinect pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. HF Sinclair pays out 95.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. World Kinect pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and World Kinect has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HF Sinclair and World Kinect”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$26.91 billion	0.36	$177.00 million	$2.09	25.02
World Kinect	$37.65 billion	0.04	$67.40 million	($7.74)	-3.07

HF Sinclair has higher earnings, but lower revenue than World Kinect. World Kinect is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of World Kinect shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of World Kinect shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

World Kinect beats HF Sinclair on 10 of the 18 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 World Kinect

World Kinect Corporation operates as an energy management company in the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. This segment also offers fuel management, price risk management, ground handling, dispatch services, and trip planning services, such as flight planning and scheduling, weather reports and overflight permits; payment and processing services; and operates a web-based marketplace platform. The Land segment offers fuel, lubricants, heating oil, and related products and services to retail petroleum operators, as well as industrial, commercial, residential and government customers. This segment also provides sustainability solutions, such as renewable fuel products, carbon management, and renewable energy solutions; distributes fuel under long-term contracts to branded and unbranded distributors, convenience stores, and retail fuel outlets operated by third parties; distributes heating oil and unbranded fuel; and transportation logistics. The Marine segment markets fuel, lubricants, and related products and services to international container, dry bulk and tanker fleets, commercial cruise lines, yachts and time charter operators, offshore rig owners and operators, the U.S. and foreign governments, and other fuel suppliers. This segment also offers marine fuel-related services include management services to procurement of fuel, price risk management, cost control, quality control, and claims management services; and engages in the fueling of vessels, and transportation and delivery of fuel and fuel-related products. The company was formerly known as World Fuel Services Corporation and changed its name to World Kinect Corporation in June 2023. World Kinect Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.