CONSOL Energy (CEIX) Competitors

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) and CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CEIX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HCC or CEIX?

CONSOL Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Warrior Met Coal. CONSOL Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warrior Met Coal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Warrior Met Coal	$1.68B	2.07	$478.63M	$8.31	7.98
CONSOL Energy	$2.57B	1.13	$655.89M	$16.49	5.97

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HCC or CEIX?

Warrior Met Coal received 195 more outperform votes than CONSOL Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.66% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 349 62.66%	Underperform Votes 208 37.34%
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 154 57.46%	Underperform Votes 114 42.54%

Does the media refer more to HCC or CEIX?

In the previous week, CONSOL Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CONSOL Energy and 3 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 0.53 indicating that Warrior Met Coal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Warrior Met Coal	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CONSOL Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HCC or CEIX?

92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HCC or CEIX more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 25.94% compared to Warrior Met Coal's net margin of 21.57%. Warrior Met Coal's return on equity of 39.24% beat CONSOL Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Warrior Met Coal	25.94%	24.71%	19.29%
CONSOL Energy	21.57%	39.24%	19.73%

Do analysts prefer HCC or CEIX?

Warrior Met Coal currently has a consensus price target of $72.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. CONSOL Energy has a consensus price target of $98.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. Given CONSOL Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than CONSOL Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, HCC or CEIX?

Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Warrior Met Coal and CONSOL Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.