METC vs. NRP, METCB, AREC, ARLP, CEIX, AMR, BTU, HCC, NPWR, and SEI
Should you be buying Ramaco Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramaco Resources include Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Peabody Energy (BTU), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), NET Power (NPWR), and Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI).
Ramaco Resources vs.
Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Ramaco Resources presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 77.45%. Given Ramaco Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ramaco Resources is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.
Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 68.22% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of 5.35%. Natural Resource Partners' return on equity of 39.69% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.
Natural Resource Partners received 145 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.19% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote.
Natural Resource Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ramaco Resources. Natural Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ramaco Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ramaco Resources pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Natural Resource Partners pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 41.2% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ramaco Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Natural Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ramaco Resources and 1 mentions for Natural Resource Partners. Ramaco Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Natural Resource Partners' score of 0.81 indicating that Ramaco Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ramaco Resources beats Natural Resource Partners on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:METC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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