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SunCoke Energy (SXC) Competitors

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$12.23 -0.06 (-0.49%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

SXC vs. MTRN, GSM, CMP, SCCO, FCX, ASTL, MTUS, TWI, NUE, and TS

Should you be buying SunCoke Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunCoke Energy include Materion (MTRN), Ferroglobe (GSM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), Titan International (TWI), Nucor (NUE), and Tenaris (TS).

SunCoke Energy vs.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Materion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Materion$1.67B1.42$95.70M$3.5532.24
SunCoke Energy$2.06B0.50$57.50M$1.0012.23

Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Materion pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SunCoke Energy pays out 48.0% 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. Materion has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Materion has a net margin of 4.45% compared to SunCoke Energy's net margin of 4.37%. SunCoke Energy's return on equity of 12.95% beat Materion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Materion4.45% 12.06% 6.03%
SunCoke Energy 4.37%12.95%5.19%

Materion has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SunCoke Energy received 101 more outperform votes than Materion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.35% of users gave SunCoke Energy an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Materion an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MaterionOutperform Votes
312
61.06%
Underperform Votes
199
38.94%
SunCoke EnergyOutperform Votes
413
65.35%
Underperform Votes
219
34.65%

93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Materion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Materion presently has a consensus target price of $152.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.82%. SunCoke Energy has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Materion's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Materion is more favorable than SunCoke Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Materion
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
SunCoke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, SunCoke Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SunCoke Energy and 2 mentions for Materion. SunCoke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Materion's score of -0.06 indicating that SunCoke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Materion
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SunCoke Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Materion beats SunCoke Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SXC vs. The Competition

MetricSunCoke EnergyBlast furnaces & steel mills IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.03B$12.51B$8.82B$19.79B
Dividend Yield3.92%3.30%11.67%3.50%
P/E Ratio12.2318.1312.0941.87
Price / Sales0.500.8177.2920.82
Price / Cash5.115.8910.0521.65
Price / Book1.491.133.354.66
Net Income$57.50M$1.44B$957.26M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-2.47%-3.53%4.67%-2.12%
1 Month Performance39.29%2.61%0.75%-0.39%
1 Year Performance36.34%11.84%424.48%23.34%

SunCoke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SXC
SunCoke Energy
2.4094 of 5 stars
$12.23
-0.5%
$13.00
+6.3%
+38.0%$1.03B$2.06B12.231,151Short Interest ↑
MTRN
Materion
4.6817 of 5 stars
$114.44
-2.1%
N/A-0.6%$2.37B$1.67B32.243,404Insider Selling
GSM
Ferroglobe
4.6476 of 5 stars
$4.23
+5.0%
N/A-13.0%$792.85M$1.65B17.633,403Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CMP
Compass Minerals International
2.4086 of 5 stars
$14.55
+21.3%
N/A-41.1%$603.10M$1.20B-3.551,981Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.9862 of 5 stars
$99.24
-1.0%
N/A+32.6%$77.96B$9.90B25.5515,810Positive News
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9236 of 5 stars
$42.70
-1.3%
N/A+20.1%$61.35B$25.64B31.1727,200News Coverage
Positive News
ASTL
Algoma Steel Group
1.4877 of 5 stars
$10.84
+0.2%
N/A+44.3%$1.13B$2.07B-8.542,844Positive News
MTUS
Metallus
2.7201 of 5 stars
$14.49
-2.0%
N/AN/A$615.74M$1.36B27.871,840Positive News
TWI
Titan International
2.7864 of 5 stars
$6.95
+0.6%
N/A-46.8%$438.82M$1.82B-57.926,900Analyst Upgrade
NUE
Nucor
4.9502 of 5 stars
$147.08
+0.5%
N/A-5.1%$34.54B$34.71B14.2132,000Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
TS
Tenaris
2.1012 of 5 stars
$37.00
+0.1%
N/A+10.3%$21.51B$14.87B8.0629,134Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:SXC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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