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BTU vs. ARLP, AMR, NRP, METCB, METC, AREC, NC, MTDR, DINO, and NXT

Should you be buying Peabody Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peabody Energy include Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METCB), Ramaco Resources (METC), American Resources (AREC), NACCO Industries (NC), Matador Resources (MTDR), HF Sinclair (DINO), and Nextracker (NXT).

Peabody Energy vs.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 8.75%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 19.09% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peabody Energy8.75% 10.33% 6.45%
Alliance Resource Partners 14.74%19.09%12.19%

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Peabody Energy and 6 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.58 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peabody Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alliance Resource Partners
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Peabody Energy 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peabody Energy$4.24B0.35$370.90M$2.704.58
Alliance Resource Partners$2.45B1.39$360.86M$2.769.62

Peabody Energy currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 126.50%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Peabody Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peabody Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alliance Resource Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alliance Resource Partners received 72 more outperform votes than Peabody Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peabody EnergyOutperform Votes
327
64.50%
Underperform Votes
180
35.50%
Alliance Resource PartnersOutperform Votes
399
64.88%
Underperform Votes
216
35.12%

Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Peabody Energy pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 101.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Peabody Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BTU vs. The Competition

MetricPeabody EnergyBituminous coal & lignite IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.50B$2.50B$6.86B$18.52B
Dividend Yield2.51%4.88%10.85%4.00%
P/E Ratio4.583.2840.5331.42
Price / Sales0.351.3024,709.9827.05
Price / Cash2.613.7635.3717.54
Price / Book0.411.133.334.31
Net Income$370.90M$631.31M$4.27B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.98%-3.83%-9.52%-6.77%
1 Month Performance-0.91%-1.14%-6.57%-7.65%
1 Year Performance-47.37%-11.98%135.67%-2.67%

Peabody Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.1835 of 5 stars
$12.36
+9.8%
$28.00
+126.5%
-52.1%$1.50B$4.24B4.585,500Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
2.9036 of 5 stars
$27.28
+2.3%
$29.00
+6.3%
+23.0%$3.50B$2.45B9.883,370Options Volume
News Coverage
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.6934 of 5 stars
$125.10
-1.1%
$336.00
+168.6%
-64.5%$1.63B$2.96B4.593,730News Coverage
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.4135 of 5 stars
$104.25
-0.7%
N/A+0.1%$1.35B$245.03M8.3950Positive News
METCB
Ramaco Resources
0.6055 of 5 stars
$7.11
+2.3%
N/A-47.0%$383.94M$666.30M20.91725
METC
Ramaco Resources
4.4867 of 5 stars
$8.23
+0.9%
$17.00
+106.6%
-52.0%$365.44M$666.30M12.66725
AREC
American Resources
1.5256 of 5 stars
$0.47
-4.7%
$4.00
+756.2%
-70.6%$36.17M$399,962.00-1.2010Gap Up
NC
NACCO Industries
1.101 of 5 stars
$33.75
-0.1%
N/A+7.4%$250.83M$237.71M-14.551,600News Coverage
Gap Up
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3797 of 5 stars
$51.15
+1.3%
$73.79
+44.2%
-46.8%$6.40B$3.48B7.16290Gap Down
DINO
HF Sinclair
4.5771 of 5 stars
$32.89
-0.5%
$47.00
+42.9%
-58.6%$6.20B$28.58B40.115,220Positive News
Gap Down
NXT
Nextracker
3.914 of 5 stars
$42.14
-2.3%
$56.43
+33.9%
-27.4%$6.14B$2.77B10.721,050Positive News
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