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AREC vs. METCB, BTU, ARLP, METC, AMR, NRP, MUX, MTAL, GSM, and NB

Should you be buying American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Resources include Ramaco Resources (METCB), Peabody Energy (BTU), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Ramaco Resources (METC), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), McEwen (MUX), MAC Copper (MTAL), Ferroglobe (GSM), and NioCorp Developments (NB).

American Resources vs. Its Competitors

Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METCB) and American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) are both small-cap coal companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Ramaco Resources has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. Ramaco Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ramaco Resources$666.29M1.26$11.19M-$0.46-33.11
American Resources$380K828.29-$40.11M-$0.49-7.59

Ramaco Resources has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Resources has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Resources has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.85%. Given American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Resources is more favorable than Ramaco Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ramaco Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
American Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Ramaco Resources has a net margin of -3.17% compared to American Resources' net margin of -13,152.00%. American Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramaco Resources-3.17% -5.70% -2.94%
American Resources -13,152.00%N/A -21.17%

In the previous week, American Resources had 21 more articles in the media than Ramaco Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Resources and 3 mentions for Ramaco Resources. American Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ramaco Resources' score of 0.23 indicating that American Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ramaco Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Resources
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

9.6% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of American Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Resources beats Ramaco Resources on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AREC vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican ResourcesMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$357.90M$7.08B$3.68B$10.67B
Dividend YieldN/A1.69%5.06%4.86%
P/E Ratio-7.5918.4221.2527.12
Price / Sales828.29137.2620,133.66126.40
Price / CashN/A110.8526.3161.42
Price / Book-3.517.966.936.43
Net Income-$40.11M$276.93M$148.62M$276.63M
7 Day Performance-25.75%-12.39%-5.20%-2.60%
1 Month Performance25.68%23.93%5.45%0.31%
1 Year Performance264.71%69.16%50.34%30.63%

American Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREC
American Resources
3.3303 of 5 stars
$3.72
-12.1%
$5.50
+47.8%
+318.8%$357.90M$380K-7.5910Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
METCB
Ramaco Resources
1.0959 of 5 stars
$21.67
+18.3%
N/A+55.3%$1.01B$666.29M0.00725Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BTU
Peabody Energy
3.2229 of 5 stars
$33.37
+8.0%
$25.20
-24.5%
+16.5%$3.76B$4.24B24.915,600
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
4.0785 of 5 stars
$25.58
+2.1%
$29.50
+15.3%
-4.2%$3.22B$2.45B14.133,653Upcoming Earnings
METC
Ramaco Resources
4.2353 of 5 stars
$52.42
+11.1%
$42.25
-19.4%
+295.1%$2.61B$666.29M0.00725Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.0232 of 5 stars
$167.27
+4.5%
$160.50
-4.0%
-23.2%$2.09B$2.96B0.004,040Positive News
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
2.038 of 5 stars
$106.00
-0.9%
N/A+7.5%$1.39B$268.01M9.9650News Coverage
Positive News
MUX
McEwen
1.407 of 5 stars
$20.32
+7.3%
$19.00
-6.5%
+81.9%$1.02B$174.48M-81.26430Gap Down
MTAL
MAC Copper
2.243 of 5 stars
$12.21
flat
$12.63
+3.4%
-0.3%$1.01B$340.74M0.002,021Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.3432 of 5 stars
$5.28
+6.5%
N/A+15.0%$925.66M$1.64B-9.263,283News Coverage
Gap Up
NB
NioCorp Developments
1.1377 of 5 stars
$11.32
+9.0%
$6.63
-41.5%
+319.4%$807.90MN/A-33.298News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AREC) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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