METC vs. HNRG, ARCH, HCC, CEIX, XPRO, USAC, OII, AESI, KGS, and RNW
Should you be buying Ramaco Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramaco Resources include Hallador Energy (HNRG), Arch Resources (ARCH), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Expro Group (XPRO), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Oceaneering International (OII), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), and ReNew Energy Global (RNW). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) and Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Hallador Energy currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.33%. Ramaco Resources has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Hallador Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ramaco Resources is more favorable than Hallador Energy.
In the previous week, Ramaco Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Hallador Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ramaco Resources and 9 mentions for Hallador Energy. Ramaco Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Hallador Energy's score of 1.16 indicating that Hallador Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ramaco Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Hallador Energy. Ramaco Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hallador Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ramaco Resources has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of 3.79%. Hallador Energy's return on equity of 17.19% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.
61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.0% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hallador Energy received 17 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.67% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Ramaco Resources beats Hallador Energy on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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