NRP vs. ARLP, AMR, BTU, METC, METCB, AREC, NC, CWEN, SOBO, and WFRD
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), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Peabody Energy (BTU), Ramaco Resources (METC), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), NACCO Industries (NC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), South Bow (SOBO), and Weatherford International (WFRD).
Natural Resource Partners vs.
Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 68.22% compared to Alliance Resource Partners' net margin of 14.74%. Natural Resource Partners' return on equity of 39.69% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Natural Resource Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Natural Resource Partners and 1 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 1.23 indicating that Natural Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alliance Resource Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners 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.
18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Alliance Resource Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.
Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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. Natural Resource Partners pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Alliance Resource Partners received 24 more outperform votes than Natural Resource Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Alliance Resource Partners and Natural Resource Partners tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NRP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff