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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Is HCC or CEIX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Warrior Met Coal	25.94%	24.71%	19.29%
CONSOL Energy	21.57%	39.24%	19.73%

Does the media refer more to HCC or CEIX?

In the previous week, CONSOL Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CONSOL Energy and 2 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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Warrior Met Coal	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
CONSOL Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HCC or CEIX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 349 62.66%	Underperform Votes 208 37.34%
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 154 57.46%	Underperform Votes 114 42.54%

Do analysts prefer HCC or CEIX?

Warrior Met Coal presently has a consensus target price of $72.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.57%. CONSOL Energy has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Given Warrior Met Coal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than CONSOL Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, HCC or CEIX?

Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$1.67B	2.02	$478.63M	$8.31	7.78
CONSOL Energy	$2.57B	1.04	$655.89M	$16.49	5.50

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HCC or CEIX?

92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Warrior Met Coal and CONSOL Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.