CONSOL Energy (CEIX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARLP or CEIX?

Alliance Resource Partners received 241 more outperform votes than CONSOL Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 398 65.03%	Underperform Votes 214 34.97%
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 157 57.93%	Underperform Votes 114 42.07%

Is ARLP or CEIX a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. CONSOL Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 79.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CONSOL Energy pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is ARLP or CEIX more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 18.52% compared to CONSOL Energy's net margin of 18.02%. CONSOL Energy's return on equity of 28.96% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	18.52%	23.74%	15.31%
CONSOL Energy	18.02%	28.96%	15.16%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ARLP or CEIX?

CONSOL Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CONSOL Energy, 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	$2.48B	1.43	$630.12M	$3.52	7.86
CONSOL Energy	$2.57B	1.44	$655.89M	$13.62	9.26

Which has more volatility and risk, ARLP or CEIX?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ARLP or CEIX?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.39%. CONSOL Energy has a consensus price target of $139.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Given CONSOL Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CONSOL Energy 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
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor ARLP or CEIX?

In the previous week, CONSOL Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CONSOL Energy and 4 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.30 indicating that CONSOL Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CONSOL Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARLP or CEIX?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CONSOL Energy beats Alliance Resource Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.