Warrior Met Coal (HCC) Competitors

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.

Do analysts rate HCC or CEIX?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, HCC or CEIX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Warrior Met Coal	$1.68B	2.22	$478.63M	$9.20	7.75
CONSOL Energy	$2.51B	1.03	$655.89M	$19.65	4.44

Does the media prefer HCC or CEIX?

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.

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

Is HCC or CEIX a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has more risk & volatility, HCC or CEIX?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HCC or CEIX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 348 62.82%	Underperform Votes 206 37.18%
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 154 57.46%	Underperform Votes 114 42.54%

Is HCC or CEIX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Warrior Met Coal	28.55%	28.99%	22.16%
CONSOL Energy	25.53%	49.80%	24.50%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HCC or CEIX?

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.