Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable 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	$2.57B	1.39	$630.12M	$3.52	7.91
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$3.47B	0.72	$721.96M	$27.25	7.05

Is ARLP or AMR more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 18.52% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 11.08%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 23.74% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	18.52%	23.74%	15.31%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	11.08%	22.65%	14.87%

Do analysts rate ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.09%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $336.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.87%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher possible 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners received 227 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% 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 398 64.93%	Underperform Votes 215 35.07%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 171 61.73%	Underperform Votes 106 38.27%

Does the media prefer ARLP or AMR?

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 1 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.40 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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, 16.4% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.