CNX Resources (CNX) Competitors

CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CNX or HCC?

95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources presently has a consensus price target of $29.69, indicating a potential upside of 3.86%. Warrior Met Coal has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.65%. Given Warrior Met Coal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNX Resources	8 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.47
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk & volatility, CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CNX or HCC?

In the previous week, Warrior Met Coal had 2 more articles in the media than CNX Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Warrior Met Coal and 4 mentions for CNX Resources. CNX Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Warrior Met Coal's score of 0.78 indicating that CNX Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNX Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Warrior Met Coal	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNX or HCC?

CNX Resources received 464 more outperform votes than Warrior Met Coal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 62.65% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNX Resources	Outperform Votes 818 68.97%	Underperform Votes 368 31.03%
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 354 62.65%	Underperform Votes 211 37.35%

Is CNX or HCC a better dividend stock?

CNX Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.1250 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CNX Resources pays out -18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warrior Met Coal pays out 6.7% 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CNX or HCC?

Warrior Met Coal has higher revenue and earnings than CNX Resources. CNX Resources 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
CNX Resources	$1.44B	2.96	-$90.49M	-$0.68	-42.04
Warrior Met Coal	$1.53B	1.65	$250.60M	$4.79	9.99

Is CNX or HCC more profitable?

Warrior Met Coal has a net margin of 16.43% compared to CNX Resources' net margin of -7.14%. Warrior Met Coal's return on equity of 12.56% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNX Resources	-7.14%	6.72%	3.31%
Warrior Met Coal	16.43%	12.56%	10.10%

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats CNX Resources on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.