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AREC vs. ARLP, BTU, AMR, NRP, METC, METCB, LZM, CRML, NB, and NMG

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), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Critical Metals (CRML), NioCorp Developments (NB), and Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG).

American Resources vs. Its Competitors

American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both coal companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Resources$380K286.02-$40.11M-$0.49-2.76
Alliance Resource Partners$2.45B1.42$360.86M$2.1212.74

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 5 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 4 mentions for American Resources. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat American Resources' score of 0.48 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Resources
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alliance Resource Partners
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Resources has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Resources currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 196.30%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.37%. Given American Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 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

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 11.84% compared to American Resources' net margin of -12,881.75%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 15.77% beat American Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Resources-12,881.75% N/A -20.29%
Alliance Resource Partners 11.84%15.77%10.00%

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats American Resources on 10 of the 14 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$118.35M$6.08B$3.25B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.06%5.16%4.03%
P/E Ratio-2.7619.16101.4420.09
Price / Sales286.02442.1830,017,513,221,228,500.0099.01
Price / CashN/A27.1823.8658.27
Price / Book-1.277.936.005.65
Net Income-$40.11M$278.61M$147.94M$257.91M
7 Day Performance15.38%5.32%0.41%2.09%
1 Month Performance35.12%13.11%5.16%11.13%
1 Year Performance106.45%36.58%25.97%18.40%

American Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREC
American Resources
2.3571 of 5 stars
$1.35
-8.2%
$4.00
+196.3%
+119.4%$118.35M$380K-2.7610News Coverage
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
2.8116 of 5 stars
$27.23
-0.4%
$29.00
+6.5%
+6.8%$3.50B$2.45B12.843,653
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.2849 of 5 stars
$14.95
-2.0%
$23.50
+57.2%
-32.5%$1.82B$4.24B5.585,600Analyst Forecast
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
2.7052 of 5 stars
$116.86
-4.7%
$145.50
+24.5%
-60.5%$1.52B$2.96B57.854,040
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.9203 of 5 stars
$98.47
+0.2%
N/A+5.6%$1.28B$268.01M9.4650High Trading Volume
METC
Ramaco Resources
2.595 of 5 stars
$19.12
+15.0%
$13.67
-28.5%
+47.9%$1.05B$666.29M-239.00725Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
METCB
Ramaco Resources
N/A$12.42
+3.8%
N/A+14.0%$679.37M$666.29M-137.98725High Trading Volume
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.8976 of 5 stars
$4.21
-1.9%
$14.00
+232.5%
-49.7%$329.52M$140.52K0.0084News Coverage
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$2.98
-0.7%
N/A-59.9%$293.83MN/A0.004News Coverage
NB
NioCorp Developments
1.793 of 5 stars
$3.77
+22.4%
$4.50
+19.4%
+56.1%$210.03MN/A-11.098News Coverage
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
2.5419 of 5 stars
$1.78
-3.3%
$2.58
+44.7%
+20.8%$200.39MN/A-5.56122Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:AREC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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