Arch Resources (ARCH) Competitors

CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, CNX or ARCH?

CNX Resources has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Resources has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CNX or ARCH?

CNX Resources presently has a consensus target price of $29.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.31%. Arch Resources has a consensus target price of $167.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.98%. Given Arch Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arch Resources is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNX Resources	8 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.43
Arch Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CNX or ARCH?

95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Arch Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of CNX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Arch Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CNX or ARCH?

CNX Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Arch Resources. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch Resources, 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
CNX Resources	$3.47B	1.30	$1.72B	$3.18	9.48
Arch Resources	$3.15B	0.78	$464.04M	$9.52	14.16

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNX or ARCH?

CNX Resources received 284 more outperform votes than Arch Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNX Resources	Outperform Votes 818 69.26%	Underperform Votes 363 30.74%
Arch Resources	Outperform Votes 534 60.61%	Underperform Votes 347 39.39%

Is CNX or ARCH more profitable?

CNX Resources has a net margin of 27.79% compared to Arch Resources' net margin of 6.69%. Arch Resources' return on equity of 13.22% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNX Resources	27.79%	7.54%	3.76%
Arch Resources	6.69%	13.22%	7.96%

Does the media prefer CNX or ARCH?

In the previous week, CNX Resources had 18 more articles in the media than Arch Resources. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for CNX Resources and 9 mentions for Arch Resources. Arch Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat CNX Resources' score of 0.48 indicating that Arch Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNX Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Arch Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CNX Resources and Arch Resources tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.