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$8.09 -0.04 (-0.43%)
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SXC vs. HCC, MTRN, GSM, CMP, SCCO, FCX, BTU, METC, NRP, and METCB

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

SunCoke Energy vs. Its Competitors

SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) and Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

SunCoke Energy has a net margin of 3.99% compared to Warrior Met Coal's net margin of 3.30%. SunCoke Energy's return on equity of 10.43% beat Warrior Met Coal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SunCoke Energy3.99% 10.43% 4.44%
Warrior Met Coal 3.30%2.26%1.81%

SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

90.4% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned 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.

Warrior Met Coal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SunCoke Energy$1.85B0.37$95.90M$0.869.40
Warrior Met Coal$1.22B2.77$250.60M$0.7783.55

In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 3 more articles in the media than SunCoke Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 6 mentions for SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 1.69 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
Warrior Met Coal
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

SunCoke Energy currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.79%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus price target of $63.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. Given SunCoke Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SunCoke Energy is more favorable than Warrior Met Coal.

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
Warrior Met Coal
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. SunCoke Energy pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warrior Met Coal pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SunCoke Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Warrior Met Coal has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. SunCoke Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

SunCoke Energy beats Warrior Met Coal on 11 of the 19 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$684.53M$9.29B$8.10B$21.35B
Dividend Yield6.12%3.41%10.74%3.52%
P/E Ratio9.4015.0439.9329.19
Price / Sales0.371.481,292.74104.21
Price / Cash3.095.2836.5424.47
Price / Book0.961.704.174.52
Net Income$95.90M$933.25M$4.27B$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.70%1.50%2.10%-1.35%
1 Month Performance8.38%10.86%5.24%2.04%
1 Year Performance-2.65%30.22%17.20%13.83%

SunCoke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.0009 of 5 stars
$8.09
-0.4%
$13.00
+60.8%
-2.7%$684.53M$1.85B9.401,168Positive News
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
3.3136 of 5 stars
$62.13
+7.4%
$63.50
+2.2%
+4.2%$3.04B$1.22B80.681,336Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
MTRN
Materion
3.5257 of 5 stars
$114.61
+3.0%
$117.00
+2.1%
+9.5%$2.31B$1.68B143.263,037Positive News
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.2541 of 5 stars
$4.19
+1.2%
N/A+1.1%$772.63M$1.64B-7.353,283Positive News
Ex-Dividend
CMP
Compass Minerals International
1.0972 of 5 stars
$18.39
+1.8%
$20.00
+8.7%
+72.9%$753.31M$1.12B-6.301,894Positive News
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.3095 of 5 stars
$109.74
+3.4%
$93.60
-14.7%
+5.1%$85.38B$11.43B24.0116,133News Coverage
Positive News
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9599 of 5 stars
$45.64
+2.1%
$51.00
+11.7%
-22.5%$64.21B$25.46B34.5828,500Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
BTU
Peabody Energy
3.5412 of 5 stars
$20.03
+8.8%
$22.90
+14.3%
+5.0%$2.24B$4.24B19.455,600Positive News
METC
Ramaco Resources
2.3453 of 5 stars
$26.16
+7.9%
$21.67
-17.2%
+203.0%$1.34B$625.92M-58.13725
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.7041 of 5 stars
$102.30
+0.4%
N/A+7.8%$1.32B$268.01M9.6150High Trading Volume
METCB
Ramaco Resources
1.165 of 5 stars
$16.17
+2.5%
N/A+64.1%$871.81M$666.29M-35.15725

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