Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, AMR or ARLP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AMR or ARLP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources presently has a consensus target price of $336.00, suggesting a potential upside of 118.83%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpha Metallurgical Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMR or ARLP?

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. 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AMR or ARLP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alpha Metallurgical 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
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$3.47B	0.58	$721.96M	$27.25	5.63
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.40	$360.86M	$2.76	9.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMR or ARLP?

Alliance Resource Partners received 228 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 171 61.73%	Underperform Votes 106 38.27%
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 399 64.88%	Underperform Votes 216 35.12%

Is AMR or ARLP more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 11.08%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 22.65% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	11.08%	22.65%	14.87%
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%

Does the media refer more to AMR or ARLP?

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 2 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.29 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
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alliance Resource Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Alliance Resource Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.