CEIX vs. HCC, METC, HNRG, AREC, FTI, APA, AR, DINO, YPF, and MUSA
Should you be buying CONSOL Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CONSOL Energy include Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Ramaco Resources (METC), Hallador Energy (HNRG), American Resources (AREC), TechnipFMC (FTI), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), HF Sinclair (DINO), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), and Murphy USA (MUSA).
CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CEIX) and Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 4 more articles in the media than CONSOL Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 1 mentions for CONSOL Energy. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 0.75 indicating that CONSOL Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 25.94% compared to CONSOL Energy's net margin of 21.57%. CONSOL Energy's return on equity of 39.24% beat Warrior Met Coal's return on equity.
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.
86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CONSOL Energy presently has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.47%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus target price of $72.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.39%. Given Warrior Met Coal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than CONSOL Energy.
Warrior Met Coal received 195 more outperform votes than CONSOL Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.66% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
CONSOL Energy and Warrior Met Coal tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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