Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus price target of $336.00, suggesting a potential upside of 151.27%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Metallurgical 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
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARLP or AMR?

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
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.39	$360.86M	$2.76	9.62
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$2.96B	0.59	$721.96M	$14.21	9.41

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARLP or AMR?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ARLP or AMR a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 101.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is ARLP or AMR 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
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	11.08%	22.65%	14.87%

Which has more risk & volatility, ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARLP or AMR?

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

Does the media refer more to ARLP or AMR?

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 7 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.59 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Alliance Resource Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.