HCC vs. CEIX, CVI, BSM, SEDG, CNX, PAGP, AROC, LBRT, CRC, and BTU
Should you be buying Warrior Met Coal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warrior Met Coal include CONSOL Energy (CEIX), CVR Energy (CVI), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), CNX Resources (CNX), Plains GP (PAGP), Archrock (AROC), Liberty Energy (LBRT), California Resources (CRC), and Peabody Energy (BTU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) and CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CEIX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Warrior Met Coal currently has a consensus target price of $67.60, suggesting a potential downside of 5.31%. CONSOL Energy has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.60%. Given CONSOL Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CONSOL Energy is more favorable than Warrior Met Coal.
CONSOL Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Warrior Met Coal. CONSOL 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.
In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 4 more articles in the media than CONSOL Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 6 mentions for CONSOL Energy. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 0.41 indicating that CONSOL Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CONSOL Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Warrior Met Coal pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CONSOL Energy pays out 5.6% 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.
Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warrior Met Coal received 194 more outperform votes than CONSOL Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.82% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.
Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 28.55% compared to CONSOL Energy's net margin of 25.53%. CONSOL Energy's return on equity of 49.80% beat Warrior Met Coal's return on equity.
92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CONSOL Energy beats Warrior Met Coal on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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