SunCoke Energy (SXC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SXC or MTRN?

SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SXC or MTRN?

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
SunCoke Energy	$1.88B	0.38	$95.90M	$1.09	7.66
Materion	$1.72B	1.00	$95.70M	$0.50	164.69

Is SXC or MTRN 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
SunCoke Energy	4.95%	14.31%	5.79%
Materion	0.35%	12.42%	6.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SXC or MTRN?

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

Does the media refer more to SXC or MTRN?

In the previous week, SunCoke Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SunCoke Energy and 2 mentions for Materion. Materion's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat SunCoke Energy's score of 1.57 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SunCoke Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Materion	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SXC or MTRN?

90.4% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Materion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SXC or MTRN?

SunCoke Energy currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.78%. 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
SunCoke Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SXC or MTRN a better dividend stock?

SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. SunCoke Energy pays out 44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Materion has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. SunCoke Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

SunCoke Energy beats Materion on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.