Comparing Warrior Met Coal (HCC) & Its Peers

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Warrior Met Coal to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Warrior Met Coal and its rivals’ 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	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.43%	-2.06%

Risk and Volatility

Warrior Met Coal has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warrior Met Coal’s rivals have a beta of 0.99, indicating that their average share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Warrior Met Coal and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warrior Met Coal	0	3	4	0	2.57
Warrior Met Coal Competitors	6301	22391	31981	1752	2.47

Warrior Met Coal currently has a consensus target price of $102.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.93%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 27.21%. Given Warrior Met Coal’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Warrior Met Coal has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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 9.4% 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.3% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Warrior Met Coal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Warrior Met Coal and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Warrior Met Coal	$1.31 billion	$57.00 million	23.50
Warrior Met Coal Competitors	$169.62 billion	$266.77 million	-20.31

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

Summary

Warrior Met Coal beats its rivals 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.