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$11.88 -0.14 (-1.12%)
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METC vs. BTU, AMR, NRP, METCB, AREC, ARLP, HCC, SXC, NC, and CNR

Should you be buying Ramaco Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramaco Resources include Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), SunCoke Energy (SXC), NACCO Industries (NC), and Core Natural Resources (CNR).

Ramaco Resources vs. Its Competitors

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

Peabody Energy has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of -0.05%. Peabody Energy's return on equity of 10.05% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peabody Energy8.73% 10.05% 6.34%
Ramaco Resources -0.05%-0.08%-0.04%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peabody Energy$4.24B0.42$370.90M$2.685.40
Ramaco Resources$628.28M1.03$11.19M-$0.08-148.44

Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ramaco Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Ramaco Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Peabody Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ramaco Resources and 8 mentions for Peabody Energy. Ramaco Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Peabody Energy's score of 0.63 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ramaco Resources
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Peabody Energy presently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.29%. Ramaco Resources has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.09%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by 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.

Summary

Peabody Energy beats Ramaco Resources on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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METC vs. The Competition

MetricRamaco ResourcesCOAL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$653.17M$2.20B$7.64B$9.04B
Dividend Yield2.30%4.32%10.91%4.00%
P/E Ratio-148.447.3161.4520.24
Price / Sales1.031.1021,883.77117.30
Price / Cash8.204.3036.2458.10
Price / Book1.751.263.345.67
Net Income$11.19M$1.03B$4.21B$249.21M
7 Day Performance-2.66%4.44%1.85%3.28%
1 Month Performance23.06%5.82%4.39%3.95%
1 Year Performance-16.02%-12.29%103.20%20.98%

Ramaco Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
METC
Ramaco Resources
3.261 of 5 stars
$11.88
-1.1%
$13.67
+15.1%
-16.0%$653.17M$628.28M-148.44725Gap Down
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.7264 of 5 stars
$13.34
-0.6%
$23.50
+76.2%
-37.8%$1.63B$4.24B4.925,600News Coverage
Options Volume
Gap Up
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.5696 of 5 stars
$105.97
-1.0%
$181.00
+70.8%
-61.9%$1.40B$2.96B52.974,040Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.6679 of 5 stars
$96.25
+1.1%
N/A+2.0%$1.23B$268.01M9.1450Positive News
Gap Up
METCB
Ramaco Resources
N/A$7.83
+1.6%
N/A-23.0%$421.77M$666.29M0.00725News Coverage
AREC
American Resources
1.8317 of 5 stars
$0.90
-2.3%
$4.00
+344.9%
+34.8%$75.70M$380K0.0010
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
3.9499 of 5 stars
$25.77
-0.8%
$29.00
+12.5%
+3.9%$3.34B$2.45B11.453,653News Coverage
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
4.295 of 5 stars
$44.12
+2.2%
$63.67
+44.3%
-29.7%$2.27B$1.53B20.181,336
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.1968 of 5 stars
$8.07
+0.9%
$13.00
+61.2%
-11.7%$682.70M$1.94B7.401,168News Coverage
NC
NACCO Industries
2.9261 of 5 stars
$39.66
+2.5%
N/A+49.8%$288.01M$237.71M8.361,700
CNR
Core Natural Resources
4.1891 of 5 stars
$69.58
-0.1%
$120.80
+73.6%
-55.7%$3.67B$2.24B10.142,076Analyst Forecast

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