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SXC vs. AMR, HCC, MTRN, CMP, GSM, SCCO, FCX, BTU, METC, and NRP

Should you be buying SunCoke Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunCoke Energy include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Materion (MTRN), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Ferroglobe (GSM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Peabody Energy (BTU), Ramaco Resources (METC), and Natural Resource Partners (NRP).

SunCoke Energy vs. Its Competitors

SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are related small-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 1 more articles in the media than SunCoke Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 6 mentions for SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 1.43 indicating that SunCoke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SunCoke Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SunCoke Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.17%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $160.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.00%. Given SunCoke Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SunCoke Energy is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SunCoke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

SunCoke Energy has a net margin of 3.99% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of -1.57%. SunCoke Energy's return on equity of 10.43% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SunCoke Energy3.99% 10.43% 4.44%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources -1.57%-2.28%-1.54%

SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than SunCoke Energy. Alpha Metallurgical Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunCoke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SunCoke Energy$1.94B0.33$95.90M$0.868.83
Alpha Metallurgical Resources$2.96B0.60$187.58M-$2.85-47.73

90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

SunCoke Energy beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SXC vs. The Competition

MetricSunCoke EnergyCOAL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$640.07M$2.61B$7.70B$21.26B
Dividend Yield6.35%3.75%10.79%3.52%
P/E Ratio8.8313.1639.8729.40
Price / Sales0.331.26559.8649.02
Price / Cash2.964.6736.0024.13
Price / Book0.901.473.864.54
Net Income$95.90M$933.25M$4.28B$999.70M
7 Day Performance-1.68%-1.88%-0.35%0.08%
1 Month Performance0.60%0.69%2.88%5.22%
1 Year Performance-8.82%23.80%15.07%15.24%

SunCoke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.568 of 5 stars
$7.60
+0.5%
$13.00
+71.2%
-9.6%$640.07M$1.94B8.831,168Positive News
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.3948 of 5 stars
$149.68
+2.6%
$160.50
+7.2%
-36.5%$1.95B$2.96B-52.524,040Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
4.0051 of 5 stars
$61.34
+4.2%
$63.50
+3.5%
-0.7%$3.21B$1.53B79.671,336Positive News
MTRN
Materion
3.9206 of 5 stars
$110.47
-0.4%
$117.00
+5.9%
+3.4%$2.30B$1.68B138.093,037Positive News
CMP
Compass Minerals International
1.2763 of 5 stars
$19.06
-1.0%
$20.00
+4.9%
+136.7%$794.17M$1.12B-6.531,894Positive News
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.6462 of 5 stars
$4.18
+1.2%
N/A-2.6%$780.10M$1.64B-7.333,283Positive News
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.0052 of 5 stars
$96.06
-0.7%
$91.00
-5.3%
+4.7%$77.26B$11.43B21.0216,133Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9073 of 5 stars
$44.42
+0.1%
$51.00
+14.8%
+10.7%$63.75B$25.46B33.6528,500Positive News
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.7271 of 5 stars
$17.39
+3.3%
$21.90
+25.9%
-21.2%$2.12B$4.24B16.885,600Positive News
Short Interest ↓
METC
Ramaco Resources
2.987 of 5 stars
$25.93
+1.9%
$21.67
-16.4%
+130.2%$1.43B$666.29M-57.62725News Coverage
Positive News
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.4648 of 5 stars
$103.63
-0.8%
N/A+19.3%$1.34B$268.01M9.7450

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