American Resources (AREC) Competitors

American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CEIX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is AREC or CEIX more profitable?

CONSOL Energy has a net margin of 18.02% compared to American Resources' net margin of -8,325.31%. CONSOL Energy's return on equity of 28.96% beat American Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Resources	-8,325.31%	-978.72%	-18.58%
CONSOL Energy	18.02%	28.96%	15.16%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AREC or CEIX?

9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by 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 more risk & volatility, AREC or CEIX?

American Resources has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AREC or CEIX?

CONSOL Energy received 108 more outperform votes than American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.06% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Resources	Outperform Votes 49 72.06%	Underperform Votes 19 27.94%
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 157 57.93%	Underperform Votes 114 42.07%

Do analysts recommend AREC or CEIX?

American Resources currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 273.83%. CONSOL Energy has a consensus target price of $139.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.05%. Given American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Resources is more favorable than CONSOL Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AREC or CEIX?

CONSOL Energy has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CONSOL Energy, 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
American Resources	$399.96K	207.12	-$11.45M	-$0.39	-2.74
CONSOL Energy	$2.21B	1.38	$655.89M	$13.62	7.61

Does the media prefer AREC or CEIX?

In the previous week, CONSOL Energy had 4 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CONSOL Energy and 1 mentions for American Resources. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat American Resources' score of 0.96 indicating that CONSOL Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CONSOL Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

CONSOL Energy beats American Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.