American Resources (AREC) Competitors

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is ARLP or AREC more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 18.52% compared to American Resources' net margin of -8,325.31%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 23.74% beat American Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	18.52%	23.74%	15.31%
American Resources	-8,325.31%	N/A	-18.58%

Do analysts prefer ARLP or AREC?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.09%. American Resources has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 449.53%. Given American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, ARLP or AREC?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Resources has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARLP or AREC?

Alliance Resource Partners received 348 more outperform votes than American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.46% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 64.93% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 398 64.93%	Underperform Votes 215 35.07%
American Resources	Outperform Votes 50 72.46%	Underperform Votes 19 27.54%

Does the media refer more to ARLP or AREC?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 2 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 0 mentions for American Resources. American Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that American Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	Neutral
American Resources	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ARLP or AREC?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of American Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARLP or AREC?

Alliance Resource Partners has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliance Resource Partners, 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
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.57B	1.39	$630.12M	$3.52	7.91
American Resources	$16.74M	3.37	-$11.45M	-$0.39	-1.87

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats American Resources on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.