AREC vs. ARLP, BTU, AMR, NRP, METC, METCB, NMG, VOXR, NB, and PLL
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), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), Vox Royalty (VOXR), NioCorp Developments (NB), and Piedmont Lithium (PLL).
American Resources vs. Its Competitors
Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) are both coal companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends 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.
Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. American Resources has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 365.60%. Given American Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.
In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 3 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 1 mentions for American Resources. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat American Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Resources has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of American Resources shares are held by company 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.
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.
Summary
Alliance Resource Partners beats American Resources on 10 of the 14 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 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
