Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook for Sunoco Q2 Earnings

Sunoco LP (NYSE:SUN) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sunoco in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $2.05 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.07. The consensus estimate for Sunoco’s current full-year earnings is $10.65 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Sunoco’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $8.55 EPS.

Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 11th. The oil and gas company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48 by ($0.73). Sunoco had a net margin of 3.85% and a return on equity of 22.52%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on SUN. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of Sunoco from $63.00 to $64.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Mizuho upped their price objective on Sunoco from $61.00 to $66.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on Sunoco from $59.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, March 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $63.67.

Sunoco Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of NYSE:SUN opened at $57.09 on Monday. Sunoco has a 1-year low of $49.45 and a 1-year high of $62.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 0.66. The stock has a market cap of $8.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.65 and a beta of 1.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $57.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $54.33.

Sunoco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th were given a dividend of $0.8865 per share. This is a boost from Sunoco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 7th. This represents a $3.55 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.21%. Sunoco’s payout ratio is presently 53.64%.

Institutional Trading of Sunoco

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Sunoco by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,868,926 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $456,218,000 after acquiring an additional 198,859 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Sunoco by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 2,608,701 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $134,192,000 after purchasing an additional 128,042 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of Sunoco by 26.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,191,570 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $117,644,000 after purchasing an additional 455,361 shares in the last quarter. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Sunoco by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,087,407 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $58,372,000 after purchasing an additional 32,239 shares during the period. Finally, Recurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Sunoco by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Recurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 888,862 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $45,723,000 after purchasing an additional 24,686 shares in the last quarter. 24.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.