HF Sinclair Corporation DINO

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
50/100
Moderate

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation operates as an independent energy company in the United States. It operates through five segments: Refining, Renewables, Marketing, Lubricants and Specialties, and Midstream. The company produces and markets gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel, specialty lubricant products, specialty chemicals, specialty and modified asphalt, and others. It also owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New … Full DINO analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.79), with robust interest coverage.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.82), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 35.3th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.00), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Developing
44

Where DINO ranks in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

HF Sinclair Corporation ranks #11 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score — the top 58%. The widest moat in the group is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near DINO in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
# Company Moat score Rating
7 Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC 58/100 Moderate
8 Cosan S.A. CSAN 57/100 Moderate
9 Phillips 66 PSX 55/100 Moderate
10 Valero Energy Corporation VLO 53/100 Moderate
11 HF Sinclair Corporation DINO 50/100 Moderate
12 Delek US Holdings, Inc. DK 44/100 Developing
13 Clean Energy Fuels Corp. CLNE 38/100 Developing
14 Icahn Enterprises L.P. - Deposi IEP 35/100 Developing
15 World Kinect Corporation WKC 31/100 Developing

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How DINO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 44 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 65 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 30 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 63 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 77 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 31 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding DINO's moat

What is HF Sinclair Corporation's moat score?

HF Sinclair Corporation (DINO) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #11 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, the top 58%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. Its strongest defense is Resilience (77/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (30/100).

How does HF Sinclair Corporation compare with other Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies?

HF Sinclair Corporation ranks #11 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) at 52 just above it and Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK) at 44 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is HF Sinclair Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for HF Sinclair Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DINO scores: Pricing Power (44), Cost Advantage (65), Customer Stickiness (30), Capital Efficiency (63), Resilience (77), Scale & Market Position (31). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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