CEIX vs. HCC, AY, BE, USAC, RUN, OII, KGS, NS, AESI, and XPRO
Should you be buying CONSOL Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CONSOL Energy include Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), Bloom Energy (BE), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Sunrun (RUN), Oceaneering International (OII), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), NuStar Energy (NS), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), and Expro Group (XPRO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CONSOL Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CONSOL Energy and 3 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat CONSOL Energy's score of 0.36 indicating that Warrior Met Coal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
CONSOL Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. CONSOL Energy pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warrior Met Coal pays out 3.9% 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.
CONSOL Energy currently has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus price target of $72.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.57%. 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.
86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CONSOL Energy and Warrior Met Coal tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CEIX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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