CONSOL Energy (CEIX) Competitors

CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CEIX) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both mid-cap oils/energy 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CEIX or ARLP?

Alliance Resource Partners received 240 more outperform votes than CONSOL Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave CONSOL Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CONSOL Energy	Outperform Votes 156 57.78%	Underperform Votes 114 42.22%
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 396 64.92%	Underperform Votes 214 35.08%

Do analysts recommend CEIX or ARLP?

CONSOL Energy presently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.83%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Given CONSOL Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CONSOL Energy is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CONSOL Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, CEIX or ARLP?

CONSOL Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alliance Resource Partners. CONSOL Energy 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CONSOL Energy	$2.20B	1.48	$655.89M	$16.49	6.75
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.48B	1.35	$630.12M	$3.52	7.43

Does the media refer more to CEIX or ARLP?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 18 more articles in the media than CONSOL Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 5 mentions for CONSOL Energy. CONSOL Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.27 indicating that CONSOL Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CONSOL Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliance Resource Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CEIX or ARLP a better dividend stock?

CONSOL Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. CONSOL Energy pays out 1.5% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CEIX or ARLP?

CONSOL Energy has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CEIX or ARLP?

86.5% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of CONSOL Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CEIX or ARLP more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 21.04% compared to CONSOL Energy's net margin of 18.28%. CONSOL Energy's return on equity of 30.50% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CONSOL Energy	18.28%	30.50%	15.58%
Alliance Resource Partners	21.04%	27.54%	17.93%

Summary

CONSOL Energy beats Alliance Resource Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.