Ramaco Resources (METC) Competitors

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) and Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is BTU or METC more profitable?

Peabody Energy has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of 5.35%. Peabody Energy's return on equity of 10.33% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peabody Energy	8.75%	10.33%	6.45%
Ramaco Resources	5.35%	10.17%	5.65%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BTU or METC?

Peabody Energy received 96 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.64% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote while only 63.32% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peabody Energy	Outperform Votes 329 64.64%	Underperform Votes 180 35.36%
Ramaco Resources	Outperform Votes 233 63.32%	Underperform Votes 135 36.68%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BTU or METC?

87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BTU or METC?

Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BTU or METC?

Peabody Energy presently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 69.86%. Ramaco Resources has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.58%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Ramaco Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peabody Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ramaco Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BTU or METC?

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ramaco Resources. Ramaco Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peabody Energy, 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
Peabody Energy	$4.19B	0.40	$370.90M	$2.68	5.16
Ramaco Resources	$628.28M	0.88	$82.31M	-$0.08	-126.00

Is BTU or METC a better dividend stock?

Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Peabody Energy pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramaco Resources pays out -337.5% 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. Peabody Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ramaco Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BTU or METC?

In the previous week, Ramaco Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Peabody Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ramaco Resources and 2 mentions for Peabody Energy. Ramaco Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Peabody Energy's score of 1.12 indicating that Ramaco Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peabody Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ramaco Resources	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

Peabody Energy beats Ramaco Resources on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.