METCB vs. NRP, METC, AREC, ARLP, BTU, AMR, TALO, SEI, WKC, and HPK
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 (METC), American Resources (AREC), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Talos Energy (TALO), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), World Kinect (WKC), and HighPeak Energy (HPK).
Ramaco Resources vs.
Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METCB) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
9.6% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Ramaco Resources and Ramaco Resources both had 2 articles in the media. Natural Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Ramaco Resources' score of 0.93 indicating that Natural Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Natural Resource Partners received 375 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users.
Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ramaco Resources pays out 229.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Natural Resource Partners pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ramaco Resources has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 68.22% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Natural Resource Partners' return on equity of 39.69% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Natural Resource Partners beats Ramaco Resources on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:METCB) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
