NRP vs. ARLP, CEIX, AMR, BTU, METC, METCB, AREC, ARCH, NC, and VIST
Should you be buying Natural Resource Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Resource Partners include Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Peabody Energy (BTU), Ramaco Resources (METC), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Arch Resources (ARCH), NACCO Industries (NC), and Vista Energy (VIST).
Natural Resource Partners vs.
Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.09%. Given Alliance Resource Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.
31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Natural Resource Partners pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 68.22% compared to Alliance Resource Partners' net margin of 18.52%. Natural Resource Partners' return on equity of 39.69% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.
Alliance Resource Partners received 23 more outperform votes than Natural Resource Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote.
Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Natural Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 1 mentions for Natural Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Natural Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alliance Resource Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Resource Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Natural Resource Partners and Alliance Resource Partners tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Natural Resource Partners News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NRP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Natural Resource Partners Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:NRP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free NRP Stock Alerts