Phillips 66 vs Sunoco LP

Phillips 66 (PSX) is overvalued and Sunoco LP (SUN) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, SUN trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +21%, against -46% for PSX.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Phillips 66 (PSX)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $175.90; the price of $256.78 is 46% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 60/100 on 8 of 12 signals

Sunoco LP (SUN)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $92.66; the price of $73.12 is 21% below that value, and 85% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 56/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricPSXSUN
VerdictOvervaluedUndervalued
Price$256.78$73.12
Intrinsic value$175.90$92.66
Margin of safety-46%+21%
Leak Score60/100 (8/12)56/100 (2/12)
Market cap$102.5B$15.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years15.7%18.7%
Operating margin5.9%4.9%
Net margin4.6%1.6%
Return on equity24.0%14.5%
Debt to equity0.651.78
P/E14.6x16.0x
Forward P/E10.1x8.0x
P/B3.3x1.5x
Dividend yield2.0%5.5%

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