American Resources (AREC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AREC or ARLP?

American Resources currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 718.00%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.58%. Given American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

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
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is AREC or ARLP more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to American Resources' net margin of -8,325.31%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 19.09% beat American Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Resources	-8,325.31%	N/A	-18.58%
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%

Which has more volatility and risk, AREC or ARLP?

American Resources has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AREC or ARLP?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 3 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 4 mentions for American Resources. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat American Resources' score of 0.41 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alliance Resource Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AREC or ARLP?

Alliance Resource Partners received 349 more outperform votes than American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.46% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Resources	Outperform Votes 50 72.46%	Underperform Votes 19 27.54%
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 399 64.88%	Underperform Votes 216 35.12%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AREC or ARLP?

9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AREC or ARLP?

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
American Resources	$399.96K	94.66	-$11.45M	-$0.39	-1.25
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.38	$360.86M	$2.76	9.50

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats American Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.