Warrior Met Coal (HCC) Competitors

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMR or HCC?

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal 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.

Do analysts rate AMR or HCC?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources presently has a consensus target price of $160.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.10%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus target price of $63.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.03%. Given Warrior Met Coal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is AMR or HCC more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of -1.57%. Warrior Met Coal's return on equity of 2.26% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	-1.57%	-2.28%	-1.54%
Warrior Met Coal	3.30%	2.26%	1.81%

Which has more risk & volatility, AMR or HCC?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AMR or HCC?

In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 3 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.37 indicating that Warrior Met Coal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Warrior Met Coal	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AMR or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Alpha Metallurgical 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
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$2.96B	0.75	$187.58M	-$2.85	-59.34
Warrior Met Coal	$1.53B	2.21	$250.60M	$0.77	83.32

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.