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Core Natural Resources (CNR) Competitors

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$75.74 +3.00 (+4.12%)
As of 04/17/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

CNR vs. CNX, HCC, HNRG, METC, AREC, WES, FSLR, YPF, PAA, and FTI

Should you be buying Core Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Natural Resources include CNX Resources (CNX), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Hallador Energy (HNRG), Ramaco Resources (METC), American Resources (AREC), Western Midstream Partners (WES), First Solar (FSLR), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), and TechnipFMC (FTI).

Core Natural Resources vs.

CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Core Natural Resources (NYSE:CNR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Core Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than CNX Resources. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CNX Resources$1.44B3.15-$90.49M-$0.68-45.34
Core Natural Resources$2.15B1.88$655.89M$9.617.88

95.2% of CNX Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Core Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of CNX Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Core Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CNX Resources received 282 more outperform votes than Core Natural Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.65% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave Core Natural Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CNX ResourcesOutperform Votes
819
68.65%
Underperform Votes
374
31.35%
Core Natural ResourcesOutperform Votes
537
60.61%
Underperform Votes
349
39.39%

Core Natural Resources has a net margin of 12.81% compared to CNX Resources' net margin of -7.14%. Core Natural Resources' return on equity of 23.87% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CNX Resources-7.14% 6.72% 3.31%
Core Natural Resources 12.81%23.87%12.66%

CNX Resources currently has a consensus target price of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.37%. Core Natural Resources has a consensus target price of $132.75, indicating a potential upside of 75.27%. Given Core Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Core Natural Resources is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CNX Resources
7 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.57
Core Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

CNX Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.1250 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Core Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. CNX Resources pays out -18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Core Natural Resources pays out 4.2% 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.

CNX Resources has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Natural Resources has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CNX Resources had 16 more articles in the media than Core Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CNX Resources and 5 mentions for Core Natural Resources. Core Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat CNX Resources' score of 0.89 indicating that Core Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CNX Resources
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Core Natural Resources
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Core Natural Resources beats CNX Resources on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CNR vs. The Competition

MetricCore Natural ResourcesBituminous coal & lignite mining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.05B$1.21B$6.99B$18.43B
Dividend Yield0.55%2.47%11.03%4.20%
P/E Ratio7.885.5644.4031.10
Price / Sales1.8863.5219,455.5626.58
Price / Cash2.814.1935.4417.54
Price / Book1.751.473.394.30
Net Income$655.89M$192.85M$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.75%47.19%3.92%1.42%
1 Month Performance0.37%43.17%-6.05%-7.33%
1 Year Performance-53.44%-30.72%144.25%2.26%

Core Natural Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNR
Core Natural Resources
4.0255 of 5 stars
$75.74
+4.1%
$132.75
+75.3%
-53.9%$4.05B$2.15B7.882,020Upcoming Earnings
CNX
CNX Resources
3.222 of 5 stars
$30.62
-0.1%
$31.42
+2.6%
+29.3%$4.51B$1.44B-45.03470Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
4.0766 of 5 stars
$46.70
-1.4%
$70.33
+50.6%
-24.1%$2.45B$1.53B9.75850
HNRG
Hallador Energy
2.1282 of 5 stars
$13.79
+3.2%
$16.00
+16.0%
+218.6%$587.72M$404.39M-25.07800News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
METC
Ramaco Resources
4.131 of 5 stars
$8.52
-2.1%
$15.67
+83.9%
-39.6%$460.08M$666.30M13.11725News Coverage
Gap Up
AREC
American Resources
2.158 of 5 stars
$0.63
+32.0%
$4.00
+530.0%
-5.1%$49.16M$399,962.00-1.6310News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WES
Western Midstream Partners
1.8831 of 5 stars
$37.60
+2.6%
$38.43
+2.2%
+10.6%$14.34B$3.61B9.591,220
FSLR
First Solar
4.9063 of 5 stars
$131.26
+4.2%
$254.63
+94.0%
-28.1%$14.05B$4.21B11.314,800Analyst Forecast
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
2.5198 of 5 stars
$33.10
+10.2%
$40.73
+23.0%
+69.4%$13.02B$19.12B16.7221,300Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
1.3598 of 5 stars
$17.17
+2.3%
$20.50
+19.4%
+2.2%$12.08B$50.07B23.524,100
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.19 of 5 stars
$25.34
+1.2%
$36.15
+42.7%
+0.9%$10.66B$9.08B16.6723,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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