NRP vs. BTU, ARLP, ARCH, ACDC, AMRC, CSIQ, SPH, DMLP, PDS, and CLMT
Should you be buying Natural Resource Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Resource Partners include Peabody Energy (BTU), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Arch Resources (ARCH), ProFrac (ACDC), Ameresco (AMRC), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Precision Drilling (PDS), and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Natural Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Peabody Energy and 1 mentions for Natural Resource Partners. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Natural Resource Partners' score of 0.74 indicating that Natural Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Peabody Energy pays out 8.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Resource Partners pays out 22.2% 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.
87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held 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.
Natural Resource Partners received 52 more outperform votes than Peabody Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.20% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote.
Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Peabody Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Resource Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 62.93% compared to Natural Resource Partners' net margin of 11.62%. Peabody Energy's return on equity of 43.30% beat Natural Resource Partners' return on equity.
Peabody Energy has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Peabody Energy presently has a consensus price target of $28.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.23%. Given Natural Resource Partners' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.
Summary
Natural Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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