Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, independent oil refiner HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at HollyFrontier's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
HollyFrontier facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Dallas (1947) |
| Market Cap | $7.3 billion |
| Industry | Oil and gas refining and marketing |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $9.6 billion |
| Management | CEO Michael Jennings CFO Doug Aron |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 15.4% |
| Cash/Debt | $492.5 million / $847.3 million |
| Dividend Yield | 1% |
| Competitors | ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO ) Tesoro (NYSE: TSO ) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 638 members who have rated HollyFrontier believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include robertshrestha and elks42.
Just last week, robertshrestha listed several of HollyFrontier's positives: "Industry leading profitability, WTI/Brent spread continues to be positive, solid balance sheet, attractive price multiple! s. What' s not to like?!"
Over the next five years, HollyFrontier is even expected to grow its bottom line at a brisk rate of 28.7% annually. That's faster than competitors like Exxon (7%), Valero (17.5%), and Tesoro (23.9%).
CAPS member elks42 elaborates on the HollyFrontier bull case:
Looking over the balance sheet and various stats, the company seems to be in pretty good shape, especially given its value as far as P/E goes and given that they pay an OK dividend. ... [A]ll in all, looks like a good value on a stock that is pretty secure as far as the long run goes, and seems to be growing fairly well. That's good enough for me!
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