Financial Survey: Scorpio Gold (OTCMKTS:SRCRF) & SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC)

Scorpio Gold (OTCMKTS:SRCRF) and SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) are both materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Scorpio Gold and SunCoke Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scorpio Gold	0	0	0	0	0.00
SunCoke Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50

SunCoke Energy has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.16%. Given SunCoke Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SunCoke Energy is more favorable than Scorpio Gold.

Profitability

This table compares Scorpio Gold and SunCoke Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scorpio Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A
SunCoke Energy	-2.88%	6.37%	2.28%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Scorpio Gold and SunCoke Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scorpio Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.02)	-15.07
SunCoke Energy	$1.84 billion	0.45	-$44.20 million	($0.64)	-15.31

Scorpio Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SunCoke Energy. SunCoke Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scorpio Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

29.6% of Scorpio Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SunCoke Energy beats Scorpio Gold on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scorpio Gold

Scorpio Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploitation, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in the United States. It primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About SunCoke Energy

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.