Sunoco LP (SUN) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Sunoco LP stock $53.89, price $61.73, that is 12.7% below the price, quality 33 out of 100. Rating: overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 22 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $26.00 – $79.97 · fair‑value band $40.42 – $85.73 · the $61.73 price screens above the $53.89 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. As of Nov 6, 2026.
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Sunoco LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the energy infrastructure and distribution of motor fuels in the United States. It operates in four segments: Fuel Distribution, Pipeline Systems, Refinery, and Terminals.
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The Fuel Distribution segment distributes motor fuels and other petroleum products, such as propane and lubricating oil to third-party dealers and distributors, independent operators of commission agent locations, other commercial consumers of motor fuel, and retail locations; and leases real estate properties.
This segment also offers non-fuel products, including in-store merchandise and company-operated retail stores food services, as well as credit card processing, car washes, lottery, and other services.
The Pipeline Systems segment includes an integrated pipeline and terminal network comprising refined product, crude oil, and ammonia pipelines and terminals.
The Terminals segment operates transmix processing facilities and refined product terminals; and provides blending, additive injections, handling, and filtering services. The company was formerly known as Susser Petroleum Partners LP and changed its name to Sunoco LP in 2014.
Sunoco LP was founded in 1960 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Stock analysis
Sunoco LP (SUN) currently trades at $61.73, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $53.89, 13% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Dividend Discount group reads highest at a median of $98.88 per share, and 8 of the 21 models we run sit above the $61.73 price.
Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at $12.59, and 13 of the 21 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $40.42 (bear) to $85.73 (bull), the price of $61.73 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 33/100 (below-average quality), in the Energy sector.
Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Sunoco LP reported revenue of $25.2B in FY2025 versus $17.6B in FY2021, a compound +9.4%/yr. Reported net income was $527M in FY2025, compounding +4.3%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $11.6B Large · P/E ratio 10.4 · P/S ratio 0.23 · EPS (TTM) $5.95 · Dividend yield 6.4% · Net margin 3.0% · Return on equity 21.7% · Return on assets (EBIT) 8.2% (5-year average).
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 36 out of 100 (medium confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 23% below its 52-week high and 27% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Energy peers we cover trades at −46% fair-value upside, at −13%, SUN screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear$40.42Fair Value $53.89Bull$85.73
Price $61.73 · Downside -12.7%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then ($1.72 per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
In the last 6 months, no officer or director bought or sold shares on the open market.
Plus 2 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.90/100
Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Revenue growth 1 year
+11.1%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
−0.7%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+18.7%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +7.3% a year
Revenue growth 16 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+16.8%
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate. Basis: adjusted.
+9.7%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+3.3%
Dividend (yield on the price)6.4%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.6.4% vs 3.6%, steady
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.4% → 4%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
Little optimism in the price
The price assumes less growth than the company has delivered so far and less than analysts expect.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+14.6%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.
+39.2%
Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.
After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about +11.9% a year for the price and +36.0% for the forecasts.
News mood ⓘNews mood, the average tone of recent news (95 articles), rated against how stocks are usually covered. 🚀 Hype = unusually upbeat · 🙂 Positive = above average · 😐 Neutral = typical · 🙁 Negative = below average · 😨 Very negative = unusually downbeat. It reflects the tone of coverage, not our valuation.Positive
Recent news coverage is more positive than average.
AI conclusion: Sunoco's expanded North American fuel distribution network delivers large volumes across pipelines and retail outlets, yet the commoditized business continues to suffer thin margins and limited durable advantages.
Main risk: Accelerating electric vehicle adoption and the shift to low-carbon energy could reduce demand for motor fuels and shrink volumes across Sunoco's distribution network and retail outlets.
Bull case: Sunoco could expand into renewable fuels, EV charging and efficiency services at its expanded retail network to offset any fuel volume declines and stabilize cash flows.
Bear case: Persistent EV growth combined with high debt service and regulatory costs could erode volumes, inflate expenses and limit the company's ability to maintain distributions or invest in its network.
Sunoco LP has closed its acquisition of Parkland, adding hundreds of retail outlets to its network of pipelines, terminals and fuel distribution operations. The partnership moves large volumes across North America and beyond. Our models see it as overvalued. Does the bigger retail base deliver steadier volumes or simply magnify swings in refining margins?
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · 115 stocks
Beats the industry median on 5/15 measures
Overall it trails its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score33 · Bottom 25%
Fair Value upside−12.7% · Below median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)21.7% · Above median
Return on assets1.9% · Below median
Net margin (12 months)3.0% · Below median
Operating margin (12 months)4.2% · Below median
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)198.9% · Top 25%
Dividend yield (12 months)6.4% · Top 25%
Balance sheet
Debt / equity1.67× · Highest 25%
Valuation Multiplesvs Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median · lower = cheaper
P/E (12 months)10.4× · Cheaper than median
P/B1.45× · Pricier than median
P/S (12 months)0.23× · Cheaper than median
Price / free cash flow (fiscal year)18.9× · Pricier than median
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sunoco LP (SUN) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 6, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $53.89 versus a price of $61.73, about 13% lower (overvalued).
What is the fair value of SUN?
Our model-based fair value for Sunoco LP is $53.89 (as of Nov 6, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $61.73.
What is the quality score of SUN?
Sunoco LP has a Quality Score of 33/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $53.89 (as of Nov 6, 2026) from 22 valuation models. Cautious scenario $40.42, optimistic scenario $85.73. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Sunoco LP stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $53.89, about 13% lower versus a price of $61.73 (overvalued). Cautious scenario $40.42, optimistic scenario $85.73. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Sunoco LP reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $51.6B (latest available figure, as of Nov 6, 2026).
Does Sunoco LP pay a dividend?
Sunoco LP currently shows a dividend yield of 6.38% relative to its recent price (as of Nov 6, 2026).
How much is the dividend of Sunoco LP (SUN) and when is the ex-dividend date?
Sunoco LP pays a dividend of $3.94 per share a year, a dividend yield of 6.4%. The last ex-dividend date was Nov 6, 2026. A dividend has been paid every year since at least 2012. The payout ratio is 111% of earnings (on adjusted earnings, reported 66.2%). Free cash flow covers the dividend 1.14 times. Our assessment: Payout strained. The dividend exceeds reported earnings (though reported profit is often depressed by one-off charges), and free cash flow only just covers it (or coverage is unknown). Not an emergency, but little room for error.
What growth is priced into Sunoco LP (SUN)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Sunoco LP would have to grow free cash flow by +14.6 % per year for five years (discount rate 8.1 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +18.7 % per year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of SUN use?
Our models discount Sunoco LP at 8.1 %: a base by market capitalisation (large), damped by beta 0.41, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Sunoco LP that is +14.6 % per year for five years, then slowing evenly to 2 % by year ten, using the same discount rate (8.1 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Sunoco LP (SUN) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Sunoco LP grew +18.7 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +14.6 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Sunoco LP (SUN) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +14.1 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Sunoco LP (+14.6 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 7.23 %: that much free cash flow Sunoco LP produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (8.1 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Sunoco LP it is $53.89 per share (as of Nov 6, 2026), against a price of $61.73. It is the blended result of 22 valuation models in 8 families (DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings).
Is Sunoco LP stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 6, 2026, SUN trades above its calculated fair value: price $61.73, fair value $53.89, a gap of about −13% (overvalued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of SUN?
No. The price is what the market pays today ($61.73); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($53.89). For Sunoco LP the two are $7.84 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Sunoco LP worth?
The market values Sunoco LP at about $11.6B (market capitalisation, as of Nov 6, 2026). Per share that is $61.73; our models calculate a fair value of $53.89 per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about SUN?
Our models span a range for Sunoco LP: cautious scenario $40.42, base $53.89, optimistic $85.73 per share (as of Nov 6, 2026, price $61.73). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of SUN?
Sunoco LP trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.4 (as of Nov 6, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of $53.89 is built from several models across several years. Excluding one-off items of fiscal year 2025 it is 27.1 (reported for FY2025: 16.1). Median P/E at fiscal year-end, 9 fiscal years (2017 to 2025), earnings ex one-offs: 8.2. Other multiples: PEG 8.5, P/B 1.5, P/S 0.2, EV/EBITDA 6.9.
What is the PEG ratio of SUN?
The PEG ratio of Sunoco LP is 8.54 (P/E divided by earnings growth, as of Nov 6, 2026). That is above 1, so the growth is already paid for in the price.
How solid is the balance sheet of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Balance-sheet figures for Sunoco LP (as of Nov 6, 2026): return on equity 21.7%, debt of 1.67 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 33/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is SUN from its 52-week high?
Sunoco LP trades at $61.73, about 23% below its 52-week high of $79.97 and 27% above the low of $48.64 (as of Nov 6, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $53.89 is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Sunoco LP?
From the same area (Energy) we also value Reliance Industries Limited, Valero Energy Corporation, Phillips 66, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Sunoco LP stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 6, 2026: price $61.73, calculated fair value $53.89 (−13%), Quality Score 33/100, from 22 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of SUN calculated?
We run Sunoco LP through 22 models from 8 families: DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the fair value of $53.89 builds on their evidence-weighted average, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.0% above its aggregate fair value. Sunoco LP itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The closing price on Nov 6, 2026 was $61.73. Our model-based fair value is $53.89, about 13% lower (overvalued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Sunoco LP right now?
A fairly wide model range ($40.42 to $85.73) leaves room in how you read the outcome. The price sits in the lower half of our model range, the side with the larger margin of safety. The data supports the verdict: every model runs on fully documented inputs.
Where does the earnings growth of Sunoco LP (SUN) come from?
Earnings per share at Sunoco LP grew +4.9 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share −0.1 %, EBIT margin +6.4 %, tax rate −0.4 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −0.9 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Sunoco LP
How large is the market capitalisation of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The market capitalisation of Sunoco LP is $11.6B. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Sunoco LP is 0.23 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Earnings per share at Sunoco LP are $5.95 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 10.4). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the dividend yield of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The dividend yield of Sunoco LP is 6.4% (payout 111%, on adjusted earnings, reported 66.2%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.
What is the net margin of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The net margin of Sunoco LP is 3.0% (last twelve months), excl. one-off gain FY2025 1.2%. How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Sunoco LP is 21.7% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Sunoco LP is 8.2% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Sunoco LP (SUN)?
The operating margin of Sunoco LP is 4.2% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Revenue at Sunoco LP is growing +199% versus a year earlier (3y avg −0.7%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Sunoco LP (SUN)?
Earnings per share at Sunoco LP are growing +223% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net debt does Sunoco LP (SUN) carry?
The net debt of Sunoco LP is $15.2B (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 24.7 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.
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