Warrior Met Coal (HCC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HCC or CNX?

CNX Resources received 465 more outperform votes than Warrior Met Coal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.88% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 62.65% of users gave Warrior Met Coal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Warrior Met Coal	Outperform Votes 354 62.65%	Underperform Votes 211 37.35%
CNX Resources	Outperform Votes 819 68.88%	Underperform Votes 370 31.12%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HCC or CNX?

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
Warrior Met Coal	$1.53B	1.68	$250.60M	$4.79	10.15
CNX Resources	$1.44B	3.24	-$90.49M	-$0.68	-46.56

Does the media prefer HCC or CNX?

In the previous week, CNX Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Warrior Met Coal. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CNX Resources and 5 mentions for Warrior Met Coal. Warrior Met Coal's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat CNX Resources' score of 1.24 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CNX Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HCC or CNX?

92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of CNX Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HCC or CNX a better dividend stock?

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

Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNX Resources has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HCC or CNX?

Warrior Met Coal currently has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.21%. CNX Resources has a consensus price target of $30.69, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Given Warrior Met Coal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Warrior Met Coal is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CNX Resources	8 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.53

Is HCC or CNX 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
Warrior Met Coal	16.43%	12.56%	10.10%
CNX Resources	-7.14%	6.72%	3.31%

Summary

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