AREC vs. HNRG, ARCH, HCC, CEIX, METC, RYAM, LWLG, NL, IPI, and FSTR
Should you be buying American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Resources include Hallador Energy (HNRG), Arch Resources (ARCH), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Ramaco Resources (METC), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), NL Industries (NL), Intrepid Potash (IPI), and L.B. Foster (FSTR).
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Hallador Energy received 195 more outperform votes than American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.21% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.
American Resources presently has a consensus price target of $4.13, suggesting a potential upside of 258.70%. Hallador Energy has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Given American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Resources is more favorable than Hallador Energy.
Hallador Energy has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hallador Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hallador Energy had 3 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hallador Energy and 2 mentions for American Resources. Hallador Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat American Resources' score of 1.00 indicating that Hallador Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Resources has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.3% of American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hallador Energy has a net margin of 3.79% compared to American Resources' net margin of -179.75%. Hallador Energy's return on equity of 8.49% beat American Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Hallador Energy beats American Resources on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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