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SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SXC) earns a Piotroski F-score of 2/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It pays a dividend yielding 5.82% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $1.8B at a -2.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 2/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.136 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.029 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.025 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.538 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | 2/9 | 1.39 | — | -5.1% |
| TWI | TITAN INTERNATIONAL INC | 4/9 | 2.94 | — | -0.9% |
| MTUS | Metallus Inc. | 4/9 | — | — | +6.9% |
| CRS | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP | 8/9 | 7.05 | 55.5 | +8.6% |
| CMC | COMMERCIAL METALS Co | 4/9 | — | 90.6 | -1.6% |
| STLD | STEEL DYNAMICS INC | 5/9 | 6.72 | 29.9 | +3.6% |
| NUE | NUCOR CORP | 6/9 | — | 31.3 | +5.7% |
About SunCoke Energy, Inc.
SunCoke Energy, Inc. operates as an independent producer of coke in the United States and internationally. It operates through Domestic Coke and Industrial Services segments. The company offers blast furnace and foundry coke products. It also provides export and domestic material handling and/or mixing services to coke, coal, steel, power/electric utility, and other bulk and manufacturing-based customers; and on-site scrap and slag handling and processing services to steel producers. In addition, the company owns and operates cokemaking facilities and logistics terminals. Further, it offers metal recovery and scrap processing services comprising metallic recovery, dropballing, scrap cutting and cleaning, scrap upgrading and shearing, and scrap baling; logistics services consisting of warehouse and yard management, raw and finished material transportation, semi-finished and finished product handling, on-highway transportation, and coil and slab transportation; and co-product processing, handling, and marketing services, such as slag processing and marketing, briquetting, mixing plant services, coal/coke stockpiling and handling, iron ore handling, slag granulation and grinding, mill scale processing and marketing, and refractory brick crushing and bagging. Additionally, the company provides scrap management services, including scrap transport and reception, rail and barge unloading, scrap yard management, charge box and bucket transport, revert scrap collection, scrap inspection, and charge box and bucket loading; melt shop services, such as tundish removal, refractory tear-out, melt shop clean-up, pit digging, and pot carrying; and environmental and ancillary services, which consists of vacuum and sweeper truck services, scarfing and grinding, drone surveying, packaging, maintenance, equipment rental, by-product bagging, road and yard grading, and road and yard watering. SunCoke Energy, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois.
FAQ
Is SXC financially healthy?
SunCoke Energy, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 2/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does SXC pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. SunCoke Energy, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 5.82% with a -93.7% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is SXC?
In FY2025, SunCoke Energy, Inc. had a net margin of -2.4% and a return on equity of -7.1%.
Is SXC overvalued or undervalued?
SunCoke Energy, Inc. trades at about 8.4× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 5.9×–123.2×, median 15.1×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for SXC?
The average Wall-Street price target for SunCoke Energy, Inc. is $9.50, about 0.6% above the recent price, from 2 analysts.
Is SXC a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on SunCoke Energy, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 2/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a dividend yield of 5.82%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.