AREC vs. ARLP, BTU, AMR, NRP, METC, METCB, CNR, HCC, RYAM, and MERC
Should you be buying American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Resources include Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METC), Ramaco Resources (METCB), Core Natural Resources (CNR), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), and Mercer International (MERC).
American Resources vs. Its Competitors
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Alliance Resource Partners has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources 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.
9.3% of American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of American 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Resources presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 412.16%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.62%. Given American Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.
In the previous week, American Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for American Resources and 3 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat American Resources' score of -0.06 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to American Resources' net margin of -8,325.31%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 19.09% beat American Resources' return on equity.
American Resources has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alliance Resource Partners received 352 more outperform votes than American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Alliance Resource Partners beats American Resources on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:AREC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
