Financial Comparison: CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) vs. Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY)

CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for CNX Resources and Uranium Royalty, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNX Resources	3	8	0	0	1.73
Uranium Royalty	0	2	3	0	2.60

CNX Resources currently has a consensus price target of $35.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Uranium Royalty has a consensus price target of $4.12, suggesting a potential downside of 6.04%. Given CNX Resources’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CNX Resources is more favorable than Uranium Royalty.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.2% of CNX Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Uranium Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of CNX Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

CNX Resources has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uranium Royalty has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CNX Resources and Uranium Royalty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNX Resources	36.53%	10.40%	5.14%
Uranium Royalty	25.88%	10.86%	7.44%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CNX Resources and Uranium Royalty”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CNX Resources	$2.24 billion	2.22	$633.16 million	$5.99	5.62
Uranium Royalty	$186.95 million	8.86	$40.25 million	$0.02	219.50

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

About CNX Resources

CNX Resources Corporation, an independent natural gas and midstream company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas properties in the Appalachian Basin. The company operates in two segments, Shale and Coalbed Methane (CBM). It produces and sells pipeline quality natural gas primarily for gas wholesalers. The company owns rights to extract natural gas from shale properties in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, as well as rights to extract natural gas from other shale and shallow oil and gas formations in Illinois, Indiana, New York, and Virginia. It also owns rights to extract CBM in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and New Mexico. In addition, the company designs, builds, and operates natural gas gathering systems to move gas from the wellhead to interstate pipelines or other local sales points; owns and operates approximately 2,600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines, as well as various natural gas processing facilities. It also offers turn-key solutions for water sourcing, delivery, and disposal for its natural gas operations and for third parties. The company was formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc. and changed its name to CNX Resources Corporation in November 2017. CNX Resources Corporation was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

About Uranium Royalty

Uranium Royalty Corp. operates as a pure-play uranium royalty company. It acquires, accumulates, and manages a portfolio of geographically diversified uranium interests. The company has royalty interests in the McArthur River, Cigar Lake / Waterbury Lake, Roughrider, Russell Lake, Russell Lake south, and Dawn Lake projects in Saskatchewan, Canada; Anderson and San Rafael projects in Arizona; Lance and Reno Creek projects in Wyoming; Church Rock and Roca Honda projects in New Mexico; Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota; Slick Rock project in Colorado; Langer Heinrich project in Namibia; and Michelin project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Energy Queen and Whirlwind project in Utah; and Workman Creek projects in Arizona. Uranium Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.