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SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SXC)

Basic Materials

Actionable
Fundamental
3
Sentiment
4
Technical
3

Oversold dip-buy within an intact intermediate uptrend: limit 9.52 just above the 09-14 regular-session swing low (9.515) and near the 9.50 support shelf, with Williams %R -96.6 deeply oversold, MACD line positive (0.22), and price above the rising SMA50/SMA200. Protective stop 9.14 (1.0xATR below entry, beneath the August consolidation lows); targets 10.28 (+2.0xATR) and 10.85 (+3.5xATR); R/R 2.00. GTC limit.

Analysis as of 2026-09-14· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

SunCoke Energy, Inc. is a manufacturer of coke with operations in the Americas and Brazil. It operates through Domestic Coke, Brazil Coke, and Logistics divisions, providing metallurgical and thermal coal. The company serves steelmakers, coke producers, electric utilities, and other manufacturers with material handling and blending services.

Fundamental

fair
Fundamental3
Stable fundamentals

The fundamentals are stable, with no significant concerns or highlights noted.

The fundamentals are stable, with no significant concerns or highlights noted.

Sentiment

good
Sentiment4
Positive sentiment

Sentiment is positive following an earnings beat and raised guidance, despite a thin forward calendar.

Fresh Q2 earnings/guidance news (company PR 2026-07-30, announced) has pushed the last ~14d media tone bullish versus a mildly bearish May–early July baseline; the only dated near-term calendar item is the routine 2026-08-17 dividend record date. Red-Flag Screen clean based on available sources (no regulator-confirmed investigations surfaced), though legal tooling had CAPTCHA/text-extraction limitations.

Technical

fair
Technical3
Constructive pullback

The technicals indicate a constructive pullback within an uptrend, suggesting a potential bounce.

Mixed but constructively bullish: the intermediate uptrend is intact (price 9.54 above the rising SMA50 9.24 and SMA200 7.81, MACD line still positive at 0.22) and the stock is deeply short-term oversold (Williams %R -96.6, RSI 45.5) after a 5-session, -10.9% pullback into the 9.50 support shelf just above the SMA50. Offsetting signals keep the score at 3: the stock closed near the low of a -3.6% down day, the MACD histogram is negative and expanding (-0.08), price sits below the SMA20/EMA9/EMA21/VWAP cluster, and ADX 55 confirms a strong short-term down impulse that has not yet printed a reversal trigger. No single weak signal dominates, so this is a bounce-dip entry rather than a confirmed momentum setup.

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