Hallador Energy (HNRG) Competitors

Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) and Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer HNRG or HCC?

Hallador Energy presently has a consensus target price of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.29%. Given Warrior Met Coal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than Hallador Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hallador Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HNRG or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has higher revenue and earnings than Hallador Energy. Hallador 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
Hallador Energy	$410.61M	1.69	$44.79M	-$5.45	-2.97
Warrior Met Coal	$1.32B	1.91	$250.60M	$2.01	23.94

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HNRG or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal received 108 more outperform votes than Hallador Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.61% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hallador Energy	Outperform Votes 247 59.81%	Underperform Votes 166 40.19%
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 355 62.61%	Underperform Votes 212 37.39%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HNRG or HCC?

61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HNRG or HCC a better dividend stock?

Hallador Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hallador Energy pays out -2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warrior Met Coal pays out 15.9% 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. Warrior Met Coal has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Hallador Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HNRG or HCC more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Hallador Energy's net margin of -4.85%. Warrior Met Coal's return on equity of 12.56% beat Hallador Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hallador Energy	-4.85%	-6.71%	-3.39%
Warrior Met Coal	16.43%	12.56%	10.10%

Which has more volatility and risk, HNRG or HCC?

Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HNRG or HCC?

In the previous week, Hallador Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hallador Energy and 2 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Hallador Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Warrior Met Coal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats Hallador Energy on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.