About SUNCOR ENERGY INC
Suncor Energy Inc. operates as an integrated energy company. The company primarily focuses on developing petroleum resource basins in Canada's Athabasca oil sands; explores, acquires, develops, produces, transports, refines, and markets crude oil in Canada and internationally; markets petroleum and petrochemical products under the Petro-Canada name primarily in Canada. It operates through Oil Sands; Exploration and Production; Refining and Marketing; and Corporate and Eliminations segments. The Oil Sands segment recovers bitumen from mining and in situ operations, and upgrades it into refinery feedstock and diesel fuel, or blends the bitumen with diluent for direct sale to market. The Exploration and Production segment is involved in offshore operations off the east coast of Canada and in the North Sea; and operating onshore assets in Libya and Syria. The Refining and Marketing segment refines crude oil and intermediate feedstock into various petroleum and petrochemical products; and markets refined petroleum products to retail, commercial, and industrial customers through its other retail sellers.
The Corporate and Eliminations segment operates four wind farms in Ontario and Western Canada. The company also markets and trades in crude oil, natural gas, byproducts, refined products, and power. The company was formerly known as Suncor Inc. and changed its name to Suncor Energy Inc. in April 1997. Suncor Energy Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
SU operates in the Mining | Petroleum And Natural Gas | headquartered in Calgary, Alberta | approximately 16,600 employees | led by CEO Kris P. Smith.
$46.0 billion 11.0x P/E 1.5x P/B 4.5x EV/EBITDA 13.1% ROE -3.6% rev. growth 4.9% yield
SUNCOR ENERGY INC earns a Buy rating from our quantitative model with a composite score of 74/100, ranking #21 among 7,333 U.S. stocks. The model sees a stock with an above-average factor profile — not without risks, but with enough quantitative support to warrant a constructive outlook.
The strongest dimension is value at 90/100, which places SU in the top 10 percent of all stocks on this measure. quality at 87/100 provides secondary support. No single factor falls below the average threshold, which is a constructive sign.
Within the Mining sector, SU ranks 2nd out of 50 peers, placing it in the 96th percentile. At $46.0 billion, the company is a well-established large cap.
Quality Analysis
SUNCOR ENERGY INC's quality score of 87/100 places it among the top profitability performers in the market. The quality factor evaluates margins, return on equity, return on assets, and earnings consistency — the fundamental building blocks of a durable business.
Return on equity of 13.1% exceeds the sector median of 4.0%. Gross margins of 58.3% reflect strong pricing power and competitive moats. Operating margins of 18.4% sit above the 7.0% sector average.
Net margins of 11.0% show the company is profitable, though not with exceptional efficiency.
Valuation Assessment
A value score of 90/100 puts SU in the top 10 percent of all stocks on cheapness — suggesting the market is significantly underpricing the company's fundamentals. Key valuation metrics include a P/E ratio of 11.0x, an EV/EBITDA of 4.5x, a price-to-book of 1.5x, a price-to-sales of 1.2x. Deep value scores like this historically correlate with above-average forward returns, though they can also reflect legitimate concerns about business quality that the value factor does not capture.
Momentum & Timing
SU's momentum score of 57/100 indicates a largely neutral price trend — the stock is neither leading nor lagging the market in a meaningful way. Neutral momentum typically means the stock is consolidating or waiting for a catalyst to push it in either direction.
Revenue growth of -3.6% is declining, which makes the momentum signal more precarious. A beta of 0.41 means SUNCOR ENERGY INC moves with less volatility than the market, which can be attractive for risk-conscious investors.
Our entry timing model currently signals Favorable, which warrants caution despite the price trend.
Risk Factors
No investment comes without risks, and honest analysis requires flagging them clearly:
- Model limitations. Quantitative models measure what is measurable — financial ratios, price trends, leverage — but cannot capture qualitative factors like management quality, competitive positioning, or pending litigation. This analysis should be supplemented with fundamental due diligence.
- Market regime risk. Factor-based strategies perform differently across market regimes. The current factor exposures that support SUNCOR ENERGY INC's rating may become headwinds if the macro environment shifts — for example, if interest rates move sharply or if sector rotation accelerates.
Bottom Line
SUNCOR ENERGY INC earns a Buy rating with a composite score of 74/100 and 4 out of 5 stars, ranking #21 among 7,333 stocks. The factor profile is constructive — not without blemishes, but with enough quantitative support to position SU above the majority of the market.
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