Comparing SunCoke Energy (SXC) and Its Competitors

SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare SunCoke Energy to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

SunCoke Energy has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunCoke Energy’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for SunCoke Energy and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunCoke Energy	0	2	0	0	2.00
SunCoke Energy Competitors	6406	22607	32304	1798	2.47

SunCoke Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.07%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 27.84%. Given SunCoke Energy’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SunCoke Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. SunCoke Energy pays out -73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.3% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. SunCoke Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of SunCoke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SunCoke Energy and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunCoke Energy	$1.84 billion	-$44.20 million	-15.10
SunCoke Energy Competitors	$4.65 billion	$278.94 million	-26.33

SunCoke Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy 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.

Profitability

This table compares SunCoke Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunCoke Energy	-2.91%	5.68%	2.01%
SunCoke Energy Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-53.09%	-2.10%

Summary

SunCoke Energy competitors beat SunCoke Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

SunCoke Energy Company Profile

SunCoke Energy, Inc. operates as an independent producer of coke in the Americas and Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Domestic Coke, Brazil Coke, and Logistics. It offers metallurgical and thermal coal. The company also provides handling and/or mixing services to steel, coke, electric utility, coal producing, and other manufacturing based customers. In addition, it owns and operates cokemaking facilities in the United States and Brazil. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois.