SunCoke Energy (SXC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SunCoke Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SXC shares.
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2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for SunCoke Energy's shares. Their SXC share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $11.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $11.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.2% from the stock's current price.
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SunCoke Energy's stock was trading at $8.63 at the start of the year. Since then, SXC stock has increased by 12.6% and is now trading at $9.72.
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SunCoke Energy saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,380,000 shares, a decline of 17.9% from the July 31st total of 1,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 556,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 30th 2023.
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SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE:SXC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The energy company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.05. The energy company earned $534.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $371.60 million. SunCoke Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.35% and a net margin of 4.38%.

SunCoke Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 16th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08.
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ETFs with the largest weight of SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM), First Trust Dow Jones Select Microcap Index Fund (FDM), Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD), Virtus Real Asset Income ETF (VRAI), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM), Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF (DEEP), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) and Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (RZV).

SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.11%. SXC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 37.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SXC will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.54% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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22 employees have rated SunCoke Energy Chief Executive Officer Frederick A. (Fritz) Henderson on Glassdoor.com. Frederick A. (Fritz) Henderson has an approval rating of 13% among the company's employees. This puts Frederick A. (Fritz) Henderson in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SunCoke Energy investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Energy Transfer (ET), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), AT&T (T), Western Asset Mortgage Capital (WMC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Ford Motor (F) and Marathon Oil (MRO).

SunCoke Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SXC."

SunCoke Energy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.17%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.38%), State Street Corp (5.73%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.04%), LSV Asset Management (2.12%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (2.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Katherine T Gates, Phillip Michael Hardesty and Ratta Ralph M Della Jr.
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Shares of SXC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SXC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.72.

SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) has a market capitalization of $814.54 million and generates $1.97 billion in revenue each year. The energy company earns $100.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.06 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,172 workers across the globe.

SunCoke Energy's mailing address is 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD SUITE 600, LISLE IL, 60532. The official website for the company is www.suncoke.com. The energy company can be reached via phone at (630) 824-1000, via email at investorrelations@suncoke.com, or via fax at 630-824-1001.