Insider’s View: Deciphering Warrior Met Coal Inc (HCC)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Warrior Met Coal Inc (NYSE: HCC) closed at $69.55 in the last session, up 5.19% from day before closing price of $66.12. In other words, the price has increased by $5.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.84 million shares were traded. HCC stock price reached its highest trading level at $69.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $64.83.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at HCC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 4.87 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 20.63. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.87 and its Current Ratio is at 7.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.09.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Citigroup on April 11, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $75 from $60 previously.

On January 16, 2024, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $68.

B. Riley Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on September 23, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $48 to $50.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 23 ’24 when SCHUMACHER ALAN H bought 2,000 shares for $58.15 per share. The transaction valued at 116,300 led to the insider holds 30,270 shares of the business.

Williams Stephen D. sold 80,000 shares of HCC for $3,648,000 on Nov 08 ’23. The Director now owns 21,393 shares after completing the transaction at $45.60 per share. On Sep 13 ’23, another insider, Chopin Brian M, who serves as the Chief Accounting Officer of the company, sold 2,816 shares for $45.00 each. As a result, the insider received 126,720 and left with 11,187 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HCC now has a Market Capitalization of 3637277440 and an Enterprise Value of 3060361984. As of this moment, Warrior’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.56, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.92. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.17 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.825 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.492.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, HCC has reached a high of $69.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.69. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 17.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 32.24%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, HCC traded on average about 885.93K shares per day over the past 3-months and 723320 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 52.02M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.38M. Insiders hold about 1.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.87% stake in the company. Shares short for HCC as of 1713139200 were 3085113 with a Short Ratio of 3.48, compared to 1710460800 on 3660573. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3085113 and a Short% of Float of 8.1999995.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for HCC is 0.29, which was 0.28 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0042347247The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.87.

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