Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and 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	1.40	$360.86M	$2.76	9.67
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$3.47B	0.58	$721.96M	$27.25	5.63

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARLP or AMR?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ARLP or AMR?

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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Do analysts prefer ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus price target of $336.00, suggesting a potential upside of 118.83%. 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

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 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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