Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMR or ARCH?

Arch Resources received 358 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 170 62.27%	Underperform Votes 103 37.73%
Arch Resources	Outperform Votes 528 61.68%	Underperform Votes 328 38.32%

Is AMR or ARCH more profitable?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Arch Resources' net margin of 10.89%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 36.77% beat Arch Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	16.89%	36.77%	24.15%
Arch Resources	10.89%	22.32%	13.31%

Do analysts recommend AMR or ARCH?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources currently has a consensus target price of $284.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.10%. Arch Resources has a consensus target price of $177.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Arch Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arch Resources 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
Arch Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMR or ARCH?

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Arch Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Arch Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AMR or ARCH?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Resources has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AMR or ARCH?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Arch Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch 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	$3.47B	1.16	$721.96M	$41.28	7.50
Arch Resources	$2.96B	1.05	$464.04M	$17.00	10.05

Does the media favor AMR or ARCH?

In the previous week, Arch Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arch Resources and 4 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Arch Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 1.11 indicating that Arch Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news 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
Arch Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Arch Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.