ARLP vs. AMR, ARCH, BTU, NRP, NC, CHK, FTI, APA, DINO, and AR
Should you be buying Alliance Resource Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Resource Partners include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Arch Resources (ARCH), Peabody Energy (BTU), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), NACCO Industries (NC), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), TechnipFMC (FTI), APA (APA), HF Sinclair (DINO), and Antero Resources (AR).
Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 4 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.58 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Alliance Resource Partners has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Alliance Resource Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 23.36% compared to Alliance Resource Partners' net margin of 16.89%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 36.77% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance 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.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alliance Resource Partners received 223 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources presently has a consensus target price of $284.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.69%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
Summary
Alpha Metallurgical Resources and Alliance Resource Partners tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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