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Suncor Energy

SU
66
Oil & Gas Integrated · Energy
Also trades as: SU.TO CAD 110.25 (+2.67%)
Price
$78.05
+2.41 (+3.19%)
Market Cap
$92.16B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
66
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
24/30
Growth
Strong
14/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
9/10
Stability
Exceptional
10/10
Valuation
Good
5/10
Ownership
Weak
1/15
Dividends
Good
3/5

66 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 66.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−18.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.49B (2021) → 1.22B (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Suncor Energy is a Canadian oil and gas company that mines oil sands in Alberta, Canada, and turns that raw material into fuels like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. It sells those fuels to everyday drivers, airlines, and industrial customers, mostly across Canada and the United States. Suncor also owns a large network of Petro-Canada gas stations, making it one of Canada's most recognizable energy brands.

Suncor makes money by extracting and upgrading oil sands into synthetic crude, refining it into finished fuels, and selling those fuels at both wholesale and retail levels. This integrated model — controlling the process from the ground to the gas pump — helps protect profits when oil prices shift. The company operates almost entirely in North America and generates tens of billions in annual revenue. The biggest risk it faces is the high cost of oil sands production, which makes earnings sensitive to drops in global crude oil prices.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+58.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+240.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$5.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Suncor Energy grew revenue 59% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
49.5%
Healthy — 49.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
27.6%
Excellent — 27.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
28.0%
Exceptional — 28.0% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+18.7%
Fast-growing sales (+18.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+65.8%
Earnings growing fast (+65.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
177%
Turns 177% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
17.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.5%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.20
Conservative — low debt load (0.20)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
20.37x
Comfortably covers interest (20.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-2.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.51%
Moderate income — 2.51% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+6.8%
Dividend growing modestly (6.8% YoY)
Payout Ratio
32%
no trend
Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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