HNRG vs. METC, AMTX, GEVO, TUSK, NRGV, PNRG, DTI, VGAS, SJT, and RGCO
Should you be buying Hallador Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hallador Energy include Ramaco Resources (METC), Aemetis (AMTX), Gevo (GEVO), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Energy Vault (NRGV), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT), and RGC Resources (RGCO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) and Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Ramaco Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Hallador Energy. Hallador Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ramaco Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hallador Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 112.77%. Ramaco Resources has a consensus price target of $17.90, suggesting a potential upside of 12.02%. Given Hallador Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hallador Energy is more favorable than Ramaco Resources.
Hallador Energy received 18 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.46% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote while only 60.40% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.
Ramaco Resources has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Hallador Energy's net margin of 7.06%. Ramaco Resources' return on equity of 24.28% beat Hallador Energy's return on equity.
61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Hallador Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.0% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ramaco Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Hallador Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ramaco Resources and 1 mentions for Hallador Energy. Ramaco Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Hallador Energy's score of -1.00 indicating that Ramaco Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hallador Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hallador Energy pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramaco Resources pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Ramaco Resources beats Hallador Energy on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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