A significant driver of top-line growth: HF Sinclair Corp (DINO)

With 3.49 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.59 million shares. The 52-week range on DINO shows that it touched its highest point at $58.73 and its lowest point at $24.66 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $39.75. With its current market cap of 6.14 billion, DINO has annualized dividend of $2.00 while the current yield stands at 6.13%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.81.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of DINO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.81%, but this was up by 18.62% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -14.09% while six-month performance fell -15.54%. The stock lost -39.88% in the past year, while it has lost -6.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DINO yields -0.78 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.11. For the next quarter, that number is 0.88. This implies an EPS growth rate of 70.29% for this year and 80.74% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 57.17% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -27.69%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 188.41 million DINO shares are outstanding with a float of 171.29 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DINO since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.18527 being high and $0.93785 being low. For DINO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.22011.