Stocks · Basic Materials · Steel
SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC
$9.90 +1.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $840.3M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.64, down 174.4% year over year.
- Net debt is 4.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 103 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
- Gross marginBottom 14%
- Operating marginBottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Interest coverBottom 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 38%
- 6-month returnTop 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 3%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 4%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 32%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.4% | 2.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -170.6% | -174.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 13.0% | 7.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 2.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 2.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.8% | -1.4% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -174.4% | -170.6% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Gross margin | 7.9% | 13.0% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 6.9% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| Net margin | -2.9% | 4.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.6% | 8.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.0% | — | Bottom 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.3% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +182.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.74×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.90%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.90%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $9.00
- Target vs current price
- -9.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 47%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +100.0% | -9.7% | +2.8% | +4.9% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -162.5% | +1.9% | +8.4% | +38.3% | +34.8% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -1100.0% | -13.9% | -26.4% | -27.2% | -5.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +85.7% | -17.1% | -16.5% | -20.8% | -4.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -86.7% | -8.0% | -8.9% | -10.6% | -3.7% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +17.6% | -7.6% | -9.2% | -13.5% | -13.7% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +16.7% | -3.2% | -1.6% | -8.7% | -4.1% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +63.6% | +19.6% | +41.4% | +44.8% | +15.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.08 | +100.0% | $475.3M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -$0.05 | $0.08 | -162.5% | $455.1M |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -$1.00 | $0.10 | -1100.0% | $480.2M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.14 | +85.7% | $487.0M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.02 | $0.15 | -86.7% | $434.1M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.17 | +17.6% | $436.0M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.24 | +16.7% | $486.0M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.36 | $0.22 | +63.6% | $490.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 28.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.2× | — | — | Top 33% |
| EV / Sales | 0.77× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.87% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | -6.48% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.0× – 24.0× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +17.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -174.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -13.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 103
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +23.6%
- RSI (14)
- 54.5
- Relative volume
- 0.99×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.90
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | Feb 26, 2026 | -55.4% | 313 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -40.7% | 141 days | 99 days (Feb 16, 2023) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | -34.1% | 61 days | 140 days (Dec 19, 2023) |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Sep 11, 2024 | -34.1% | 29 days | 40 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -24.0% | 37 days | 110 days (Feb 28, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $840.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.64
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.90B
- Dividend yield
- 4.85%
- 52-week range
- $5.52 – $10.68
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.46B | $1.97B | $2.06B | $1.94B | $1.84B |
| Gross profit | $337.2M | $367.6M | $338.6M | $332.0M | $130.7M |
| Operating income | $141.5M | $153.7M | $125.1M | $151.9M | $64.9M |
| Net income | $43.4M | $100.7M | $57.5M | $95.9M | -$44.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.52 | $1.19 | $0.68 | $1.12 | -$0.52 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $490.1M | $486.0M | $436.0M | $434.1M | $487.0M | $480.2M | $455.1M | $475.3M |
| Net income | $30.7M | $23.7M | $17.3M | $1.9M | $22.2M | -$85.6M | -$4.4M | $13.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.36 | $0.28 | $0.20 | $0.02 | $0.26 | -$1.00 | -$0.05 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $233.1M | $208.9M | $249.0M | $168.8M | $109.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$98.6M | -$75.5M | -$109.2M | -$72.9M | -$66.8M |
| Free cash flow | $134.5M | $133.4M | $139.8M | $95.9M | $42.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$20.1M | -$23.6M | -$30.7M | -$37.6M | -$41.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $42.7M
- Total assets
- $1.74B
- Total liabilities
- $1.13B
- Total debt
- $660.7M
- Net debt
- $618.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $585.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $0.12 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.12 | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.12 | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.12 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.12 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.12 | Jun 2, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.12 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.12 | Dec 2, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,067,006
- Days to cover
- 4.87
- Change vs previous report
- -1.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.