Hallador Energy (HNRG) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts prefer HNRG or HCC?

Hallador Energy presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.80%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.97%. 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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 0.8%. Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hallador Energy pays out -2.8% 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.

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

61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HNRG or HCC?

Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HNRG or HCC?

In the previous week, Hallador Energy had 16 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Hallador Energy and 8 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Hallador Energy's score of 1.28 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Warrior Met Coal	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$404.39M	2.04	$44.79M	-$5.73	-3.36
Warrior Met Coal	$1.32B	1.93	$250.60M	$2.01	24.18

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HNRG or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal received 110 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 59.76% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hallador Energy	Outperform Votes 245 59.76%	Underperform Votes 165 40.24%
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 355 62.61%	Underperform Votes 212 37.39%

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats Hallador Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.