Warrior Met Coal (HCC) vs SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SXC)

Warrior Met Coal and SunCoke Energy, Inc. are both Coking Coal companies. Warrior Met Coal is the larger, with a market value of $4.7B against $827.5M — 5.7× the size. SunCoke Energy, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Warrior Met Coal trades at 22.4×. Warrior Met Coal grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.5% against 2.78%. Warrior Met Coal has the higher net margin (13.1% vs −2.88%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.50% vs −2.60%). Both pay a dividend; SunCoke Energy, Inc. yields more (4.84% vs 0.34%). Across the 21 metrics below, Warrior Met Coal leads on 14 and SunCoke Energy, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric HCC SXC Coking Coal median
P/E 22.37 n/m —
P/S 2.93 0.45 1.11
P/B 2.15 1.39 1.50
Price to free cash flow 315.76 29.21 —
EV/EBITDA 10.92 11.28 —
EV/Sales 2.88 0.77 1.20
Earnings yield 4.47% (6.45%) (4.21%)
Free cash flow yield 0.32% 3.42% (3.79%)

Profitability

Metric HCC SXC Coking Coal median
Gross margin 30.53% 17.47% 14.29%
Operating margin 13.64% (2.69%) (8.39%)
Net margin 13.05% (2.88%) (2.56%)
Free cash flow margin 0.93% 1.53% (11.28%)
Return on equity 10.04% (8.28%) (5.62%)
Return on assets 7.91% (3.23%) (2.61%)
Return on invested capital 6.50% (2.60%) (5.40%)

Growth

Metric HCC SXC Coking Coal median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.48% 2.78% (15.29%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (77.45%) (146.43%) (139.85%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.85% 6.63% 9.68%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HCC SXC Coking Coal median
Debt to equity 0.10 1.07 0.63
Current ratio 3.93 2.25 3.67
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 5.49 1.43

Dividend

Metric HCC SXC Coking Coal median
Dividend yield 0.34% 4.84% 0.00%
Payout ratio 0.08 — —

Size

Metric HCC SXC Coking Coal median
Market cap 4.74b 827.53m 754.94m

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