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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, 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 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources currently has a consensus price target of $31.58, suggesting a potential downside of 1.36%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus price target of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.31%. Given Warrior Met Coal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

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. 3.1% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CNX or HCC?

In the previous week, CNX Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CNX Resources and 3 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat CNX Resources' score of 0.43 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
CNX Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Warrior Met Coal	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CNX or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has higher revenue and 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	$1.27B	3.66	-$90.49M	-$2.06	-15.54
Warrior Met Coal	$1.53B	1.72	$250.60M	$2.01	24.88

Is CNX or HCC more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 7.98% compared to CNX Resources' net margin of -30.59%. CNX Resources' return on equity of 7.86% beat Warrior Met Coal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNX Resources	-30.59%	7.86%	3.71%
Warrior Met Coal	7.98%	5.41%	4.34%

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats CNX Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.