HF Sinclair Corporation · DINO · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026
HF Sinclair pairs strong Q2 with lubricants spin-off plan
The quarter supports a constructive operating case: strong refining and renewable-fuel performance, branded-site growth and capital returns improved near-term results. The investment case is less settled because it depends on executing the spin-off and major projects while margins and regulatory support remain variable.
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What changed
The most important changes were the announced Lubricants & Specialties spin-off, the planned retirement of the Mississauga refinery with third-party base-oil supply agreements, and the proposed Go West Phase 1 logistics project. Management also highlighted a 5% dividend increase and unchanged capex guidance.
Guidance delta
Management maintained its guidance framework, including unchanged quarterly capex guidance of $118 million; the transcript analysis describes the capex outlook as stable.
Key takeaways
- Q2 adjusted EBITDA reached $1.5 billion, supported by higher refining margins, renewable performance and branded-site expansion.
- Management announced a tax-efficient spin-off of Lubricants & Specialties into a separate public company, expected within 12–18 months.
- The Mississauga base-oil refinery will be retired, with supply shifting to agreements with two global base-oil manufacturers.
- Cash returned to shareholders totaled $265 million, including a 5% dividend increase.
- Go West Phase 1 and a vacuum-furnace upgrade remain key projects, alongside planned refinery turnarounds.
Management priorities
- Execute the Lubricants & Specialties spin-off.
- Advance Go West Phase 1 toward a final investment decision and evaluate later phases.
- Complete the El Dorado and Cheyenne turnarounds and advance the vacuum-furnace upgrade.
- Continue branded-site expansion and pursue opportunistic midstream acquisitions.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Nov 1, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Apr 22, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Underperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade | Jul 14, 2025 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 10, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | May 11, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 10, 2022 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $115. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $150 | $111.96 | +30.4% | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $160 | $114.21 | +39.1% | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $152 | $125.25 | +32.2% | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $135 | $128.23 | +17.4% | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $142 | $120.72 | +23.5% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $119 | $115.63 | +3.5% | Oct 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $133 | $113.36 | +15.7% | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $140 | $105.85 | +21.7% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $127 | $111.17 | +10.4% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $126 | $105.41 | +9.6% | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $93 | $101.61 | -19.1% | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $85 | $87.26 | -26.1% | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $114 | $90 | -0.9% | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $86 | $89.3 | -25.2% | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Justin Jenkins | $105 | $89.3 | -8.7% | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $80.97 | -17.4% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $81 | $78.07 | -29.6% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $69.9 | -32.2% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $79 | $68.53 | -31.3% | May 27, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $81 | $74.5 | -29.6% | May 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $72.65 | -30.4% | May 5, 2026 |
| Cowen & Co. | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $70.16 | -30.4% | May 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $69 | $70.13 | -40.0% | May 4, 2026 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $71 | $69.17 | -38.3% | May 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $66 | $59.54 | -42.6% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $58.56 | -47.0% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $50.86 | -47.8% | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $57 | $51.02 | -50.4% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $63 | $51.57 | -45.2% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $53 | $51.57 | -53.9% | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $61 | $49.35 | -47.0% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $62 | $48.83 | -46.1% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $49.82 | -41.7% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $48.18 | -40.9% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $63 | $49.36 | -45.2% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $65 | $53.39 | -43.5% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $50.63 | -43.5% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $66 | $52.44 | -42.6% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Joe Laetsch | $60 | $51.84 | -47.8% | Oct 3, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $63 | $51.99 | -45.2% | Oct 2, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $54 | $52.34 | -53.0% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $60 | $51.64 | -47.8% | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $52.43 | -47.8% | Sep 9, 2025 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $58 | $49.22 | -49.6% | Aug 26, 2025 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $43 | $44.74 | -62.6% | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $35 | $32.36 | -69.6% | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $46 | $32.13 | -60.0% | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $53 | $44.51 | -53.9% | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $49 | $47.25 | -57.4% | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $53 | $46.76 | -53.9% | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Barclays | Theresa Chen | $56 | $53.34 | -51.3% | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $61 | $52.14 | -47.0% | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $58 | $52.17 | -49.6% | Jun 14, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $65 | $56.21 | -43.5% | May 14, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $65 | $60 | -43.5% | Apr 15, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Ryan Todd | $70 | $62.9 | -39.1% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| UBS | Manav Gupta | $73 | $59.52 | -36.5% | Feb 14, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $65 | $52.49 | -43.5% | Oct 5, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $50.52 | -52.2% | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $50.76 | -34.8% | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $56 | $50.75 | -51.3% | Aug 16, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $51 | $45.65 | -55.7% | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $53 | $45 | -53.9% | Jun 21, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $53 | $42.29 | -53.9% | May 10, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationHF Sinclair Corporation operates as a prominent independent energy enterprise, engaged in the production and commercialization of a diverse array of petroleum products. Its offerings include conventional fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, alongside its growing renewable diesel segment. The company also specializes in unique lubricants, chemicals, and various types of asphalt. With a network of refineries strategically located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, HF Sinclair primarily distributes its refined output across the Southwestern United States, the Rocky Mountain…
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