HNRG vs. METC, SMLP, PNRG, FREY, TUSK, RGCO, NC, NGS, MAXN, and GEVO
Should you be buying Hallador Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hallador Energy include Ramaco Resources (METC), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), FREYR Battery (FREY), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), RGC Resources (RGCO), NACCO Industries (NC), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), and Gevo (GEVO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) and Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Hallador Energy received 19 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.36% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.
Ramaco Resources currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. Hallador Energy has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 102.58%. Given Ramaco Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hallador Energy is more favorable than Ramaco Resources.
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.
Ramaco Resources has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of 7.06%. Hallador Energy's return on equity of 24.28% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.
Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.0% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hallador Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Ramaco Resources. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hallador Energy and 7 mentions for Ramaco Resources. Hallador Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Ramaco Resources' score of 0.28 indicating that Ramaco Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ramaco Resources beats Hallador Energy on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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