Head-To-Head Comparison: Warrior Met Coal (HCC) vs. Its Competitors

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) is one of 1,988 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Warrior Met Coal to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal’s competitors have a beta of 0.99, indicating that their average stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Warrior Met Coal pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Warrior Met Coal pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.7% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Warrior Met Coal has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Warrior Met Coal and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Warrior Met Coal	$1.31 billion	$57.00 million	26.14
Warrior Met Coal Competitors	$173.89 billion	$272.63 million	-24.69

Warrior Met Coal’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Warrior Met Coal. Warrior Met Coal is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Warrior Met Coal and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Warrior Met Coal	13.05%	10.02%	7.84%
Warrior Met Coal Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-16.44%	-2.06%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Warrior Met Coal and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal	0	3	4	0	2.57
Warrior Met Coal Competitors	6314	22396	32021	1767	2.47

Warrior Met Coal currently has a consensus target price of $102.60, indicating a potential downside of 5.64%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 18.01%. Given Warrior Met Coal’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warrior Met Coal has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Warrior Met Coal

Warrior Met Coal, Inc. produces and exports non-thermal metallurgical coal for the steel industry. It operates two underground mines located in Alabama. The company sells its metallurgical coal to a customer base of blast furnace steel producers located primarily in Europe, South America, and Asia. It also sells natural gas, which is extracted as a byproduct from coal production. Warrior Met Coal, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Brookwood, Alabama.