Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Competitors

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate AMR or NRP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources presently has a consensus price target of $284.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.80%. Given Natural Resource Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Metallurgical Resources is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Natural Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMR or NRP?

Natural Resource Partners received 203 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 170 62.27%	Underperform Votes 103 37.73%
Natural Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 373 62.90%	Underperform Votes 220 37.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMR or NRP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMR or NRP more profitable?

Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 62.93% compared to Natural Resource Partners' net margin of 16.89%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 43.30% beat Natural Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	16.89%	36.77%	24.15%
Natural Resource Partners	62.93%	43.30%	27.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AMR or NRP?

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AMR or NRP?

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Natural Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 0 mentions for Natural Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Metallurgical Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Positive
Natural Resource Partners	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, AMR or NRP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Metallurgical Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$3.47B	1.18	$721.96M	$41.28	7.64
Natural Resource Partners	$370.01M	3.16	$278.43M	$13.54	6.67

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Natural Resource Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.