SunCoke Energy (SXC) Competitors

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTRN or SXC?

SunCoke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Materion. SunCoke Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, 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
Materion	$1.72B	0.97	$95.70M	$0.50	160.54
SunCoke Energy	$1.88B	0.39	$95.90M	$1.09	7.99

Does the media favor MTRN or SXC?

In the previous week, SunCoke Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SunCoke Energy and 4 mentions for Materion. SunCoke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Materion's score of 1.40 indicating that SunCoke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Materion	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SunCoke Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MTRN or SXC?

93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MTRN or SXC a better dividend stock?

Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Materion pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SunCoke Energy pays out 44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Materion has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and SunCoke Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. SunCoke Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate MTRN or SXC?

SunCoke Energy has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.25%. Given SunCoke Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SunCoke Energy is more favorable than Materion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SunCoke Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTRN or SXC?

SunCoke Energy received 100 more outperform votes than Materion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.35% of users gave SunCoke Energy an outperform vote while only 61.01% of users gave Materion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Materion	Outperform Votes 313 61.01%	Underperform Votes 200 38.99%
SunCoke Energy	Outperform Votes 413 65.35%	Underperform Votes 219 34.65%

Which has more volatility and risk, MTRN or SXC?

Materion has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTRN or SXC more profitable?

SunCoke Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Materion's net margin of 0.35%. SunCoke Energy's return on equity of 14.31% beat Materion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Materion	0.35%	12.42%	6.24%
SunCoke Energy	4.95%	14.31%	5.79%

Summary

SunCoke Energy beats Materion on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.