Emerge Energy Services (EMES) Competitors

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

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

8.6% of Emerge Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EMES or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has higher revenue and earnings than Emerge Energy Services.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Emerge Energy Services	$364.30M	1.70	-$6.83M	N/A	N/A
Warrior Met Coal	$1.32B	1.86	$250.60M	$2.01	23.24

Is EMES or HCC more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Emerge Energy Services' net margin of 3.39%. Emerge Energy Services' return on equity of 21.49% beat Warrior Met Coal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emerge Energy Services	3.39%	21.49%	3.92%
Warrior Met Coal	16.43%	12.56%	10.10%

Do analysts rate EMES or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has a consensus price target of $63.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.29%. Given Warrior Met Coal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than Emerge Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emerge Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EMES or HCC?

Emerge Energy Services received 18 more outperform votes than Warrior Met Coal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Emerge Energy Services an outperform vote while only 62.61% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Emerge Energy Services	Outperform Votes 373 66.49%	Underperform Votes 188 33.51%
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 355 62.61%	Underperform Votes 212 37.39%

Which has more volatility & risk, EMES or HCC?

Emerge Energy Services has a beta of 3.41, meaning that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EMES or HCC?

In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 4 more articles in the media than Emerge Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 0 mentions for Emerge Energy Services. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Emerge Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Warrior Met Coal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Emerge Energy Services	Neutral
Warrior Met Coal	Very Positive

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats Emerge Energy Services on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.