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SXC vs. HCC, MTRN, CMP, GSM, SCCO, FCX, BTU, NRP, METC, 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), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Ferroglobe (GSM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Peabody Energy (BTU), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METC), and Ramaco Resources (METCB).

SunCoke Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

Warrior Met Coal currently has a consensus target price of $61.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.00%. SunCoke Energy has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.09%. Given SunCoke Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SunCoke Energy is more favorable than Warrior Met Coal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
SunCoke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 2 more articles in the media than SunCoke Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 10 mentions for SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 0.24 indicating that SunCoke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Warrior Met Coal
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SunCoke Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Warrior Met Coal3.30% 2.26% 1.81%
SunCoke Energy 3.99%10.43%4.44%

Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Warrior Met Coal pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SunCoke Energy pays out 55.8% 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. Warrior Met Coal has raised its dividend for 1 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 longer track record of dividend growth.

Warrior Met Coal has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Warrior Met Coal$1.53B2.12$250.60M$0.7780.02
SunCoke Energy$1.94B0.34$95.90M$0.869.10

92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SunCoke Energy 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 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SXC vs. The Competition

MetricSunCoke EnergyCOAL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$662.71M$2.50B$7.75B$20.90B
Dividend Yield5.94%3.62%10.98%3.60%
P/E Ratio9.1013.8974.7728.21
Price / Sales0.341.3124,074.7588.67
Price / Cash3.164.8735.8623.45
Price / Book0.941.664.135.36
Net Income$95.90M$933.25M$4.25B$994.11M
7 Day Performance5.13%5.15%0.26%2.10%
1 Month Performance-8.94%10.46%0.10%0.99%
1 Year Performance-9.25%21.45%9.16%15.24%

SunCoke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.4104 of 5 stars
$7.83
-2.0%
$13.00
+66.1%
-8.4%$662.71M$1.94B9.101,168
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
2.9597 of 5 stars
$60.31
-0.7%
$61.00
+1.1%
+2.9%$3.19B$1.53B78.321,336Analyst Revision
MTRN
Materion
3.133 of 5 stars
$105.95
-0.5%
$112.00
+5.7%
+0.2%$2.21B$1.68B132.443,037Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.7975 of 5 stars
$21.57
+0.6%
$19.00
-11.9%
+86.3%$889.85M$1.12B-6.061,894News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.9318 of 5 stars
$3.93
-3.0%
N/A-7.0%$755.84M$1.64B-6.893,283Analyst Revision
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.0716 of 5 stars
$96.17
-3.9%
$91.00
-5.4%
-1.2%$80.49B$11.43B21.0416,133News Coverage
Positive News
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.8277 of 5 stars
$41.46
-1.0%
$51.00
+23.0%
+2.0%$60.17B$25.46B31.4128,500Positive News
Short Interest ↑
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.1701 of 5 stars
$17.61
+1.9%
$21.60
+22.7%
-19.5%$2.10B$4.24B17.095,600Positive News
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.2911 of 5 stars
$104.38
+1.1%
N/A+14.2%$1.34B$268.01M9.8150Dividend Announcement
METC
Ramaco Resources
3.3459 of 5 stars
$23.49
+4.2%
$21.67
-7.8%
+99.3%$1.25B$666.29M-52.20725Insider Trade
METCB
Ramaco Resources
1.1923 of 5 stars
$14.75
+6.6%
N/A+44.1%$764.39M$666.29M-32.06725Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
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This page (NYSE:SXC) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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