FY2025 Earnings Forecast for Sunoco Issued By Zacks Research

Sunoco LP (NYSE:SUN) – Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Sunoco in a report released on Thursday, January 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $7.00 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $6.87. The consensus estimate for Sunoco’s current full-year earnings is $7.16 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Sunoco’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.83 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.42 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.44 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.93 EPS.

Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.26) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.53 by ($1.79). The company had revenue of $5.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.09 billion. Sunoco had a return on equity of 19.77% and a net margin of 2.72%. Sunoco’s revenue for the quarter was down 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.95 EPS.

SUN has been the subject of several other research reports. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Sunoco from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on Sunoco from $63.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Sunoco has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $62.75.

Sunoco Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of Sunoco stock opened at $51.71 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $52.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $53.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.88 billion, a PE ratio of 11.89 and a beta of 1.36. Sunoco has a 52-week low of $49.45 and a 52-week high of $64.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 1.16.

Institutional Trading of Sunoco

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Sunoco by 11.7% during the 3rd quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 96,377 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $5,236,000 after purchasing an additional 10,080 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Sunoco by 26.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,191,570 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $117,644,000 after buying an additional 455,361 shares during the period. Gateway Advisory LLC bought a new stake in Sunoco during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,222,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Sunoco by 5,437.3% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 572,779 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $30,747,000 after buying an additional 562,435 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC grew its position in shares of Sunoco by 40.8% during the 2nd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 52,064 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $2,944,000 after acquiring an additional 15,087 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 24.29% of the company’s stock.

Sunoco Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th were paid a $0.8756 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 8th. This represents a $3.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.77%. Sunoco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 80.46%.

Sunoco Company Profile

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.