Warrior Met Coal (HCC) Competitors

CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is CNX or HCC a better dividend stock?

CNX Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.1250 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CNX Resources pays out -6.1% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Warrior Met Coal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer CNX or HCC?

In the previous week, CNX Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CNX Resources and 3 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. CNX Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 1.58 indicating that CNX Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNX Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Warrior Met Coal	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources currently has a consensus target price of $31.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.81%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.29%. Given Warrior Met Coal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNX Resources	7 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
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 CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources received 464 more outperform votes than Warrior Met Coal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 62.61% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNX Resources	Outperform Votes 819 68.42%	Underperform Votes 378 31.58%
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 355 62.61%	Underperform Votes 212 37.39%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CNX or HCC?

95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of CNX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CNX or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CNX Resources. CNX Resources 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
CNX Resources	$1.67B	2.75	-$90.49M	-$2.06	-15.46
Warrior Met Coal	$1.32B	1.87	$250.60M	$2.01	23.41

Which has more volatility and risk, CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNX or HCC more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 16.43% compared to CNX Resources' net margin of -7.14%. Warrior Met Coal's return on equity of 12.56% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNX Resources	-7.14%	6.72%	3.31%
Warrior Met Coal	16.43%	12.56%	10.10%

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats CNX Resources on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.