Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMR or ARLP?

Alliance Resource Partners received 223 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 170 62.27%	Underperform Votes 103 37.73%
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 393 64.74%	Underperform Votes 214 35.26%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMR or ARLP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMR or ARLP more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 23.36% compared to Alliance Resource Partners' net margin of 16.89%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 36.77% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	16.89%	36.77%	24.15%
Alliance Resource Partners	23.36%	31.68%	20.70%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AMR or ARLP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Metallurgical Resources, 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
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$3.42B	1.17	$721.96M	$41.28	7.44
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.57B	1.23	$630.12M	$4.57	5.38

Do analysts prefer AMR or ARLP?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources currently has a consensus target price of $284.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.34%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.67%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AMR or ARLP?

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AMR or ARLP a better dividend stock?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Alliance Resource Partners has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Alliance Resource Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor AMR or ARLP?

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 2 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.66 indicating that Alpha Metallurgical Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Alliance Resource Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.