Scotiabank Forecasts HF Sinclair FY2026 Earnings

HF Sinclair Co. (NYSE:DINO) – Equities research analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for HF Sinclair in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst P. Cheng forecasts that the company will earn $4.90 per share for the year. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $57.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for HF Sinclair’s current full-year earnings is $2.27 per share.

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.19. HF Sinclair had a net margin of 1.10% and a return on equity of 5.51%. The firm had revenue of $7.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.11 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.06 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 19.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms also recently commented on DINO. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of HF Sinclair from $63.00 to $57.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 16th. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on shares of HF Sinclair from $57.00 to $53.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 4th. Mizuho cut their target price on shares of HF Sinclair from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, December 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of HF Sinclair from $51.00 to $50.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of HF Sinclair from $58.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $51.45.

HF Sinclair Trading Up 3.2 %

Shares of HF Sinclair stock opened at $35.87 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.75 billion, a PE ratio of 22.14 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $38.44 and its 200 day moving average is $43.98. HF Sinclair has a 1 year low of $33.47 and a 1 year high of $64.16.

HF Sinclair Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 21st were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 21st. HF Sinclair’s payout ratio is 123.46%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Atanas H. Atanasov acquired 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 12th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $37.96 per share, with a total value of $265,720.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 71,927 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,730,348.92. This represents a 10.78 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Franklin Myers purchased 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was bought at an average cost of $38.76 per share, with a total value of $193,800.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 145,293 shares in the company, valued at $5,631,556.68. The trade was a 3.56 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders acquired 17,000 shares of company stock valued at $628,370 over the last quarter. 0.28% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On HF Sinclair

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of DINO. Aigen Investment Management LP bought a new stake in shares of HF Sinclair during the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,253,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of HF Sinclair by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 849,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,845,000 after purchasing an additional 33,373 shares during the period. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co purchased a new position in shares of HF Sinclair during the 3rd quarter valued at about $5,927,000. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new position in shares of HF Sinclair during the 2nd quarter valued at about $723,000. Finally, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC lifted its position in shares of HF Sinclair by 4.9% during the 2nd quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 886,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,268,000 after buying an additional 41,456 shares in the last quarter. 88.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.