Peabody Energy (BTU) Competitors

CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CEIX) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) 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 profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts rate CEIX or BTU?

CONSOL Energy currently has a consensus target price of $139.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.49%. Peabody Energy has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than CONSOL Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Peabody Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CEIX or BTU a better dividend stock?

CONSOL Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CONSOL Energy pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peabody Energy pays out 7.9% 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.

Does the media prefer CEIX or BTU?

In the previous week, CONSOL Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Peabody Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CONSOL Energy and 4 mentions for Peabody Energy. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Peabody Energy's score of 0.48 indicating that CONSOL Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CONSOL Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Peabody Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CEIX or BTU?

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CONSOL Energy. Peabody Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CONSOL Energy, 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
CONSOL Energy	$2.21B	1.75	$655.89M	$13.62	9.67
Peabody Energy	$4.35B	0.77	$759.60M	$3.78	7.25

Is CEIX or BTU more profitable?

CONSOL Energy has a net margin of 18.02% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 12.24%. CONSOL Energy's return on equity of 28.96% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CONSOL Energy	18.02%	28.96%	15.16%
Peabody Energy	12.24%	14.74%	9.15%

Which has more volatility and risk, CEIX or BTU?

CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEIX or BTU?

Peabody Energy received 167 more outperform votes than CONSOL Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 157 57.93%	Underperform Votes 114 42.07%
Peabody Energy	Outperform Votes 324 64.29%	Underperform Votes 180 35.71%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CEIX or BTU?

86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Peabody Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CONSOL Energy beats Peabody Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.