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$0.86 +0.03 (+3.13%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Resource Partners$2.45B1.40$360.86M$2.1212.56
American Resources$380K182.02-$40.11M-$0.49-1.75

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliance Resource Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
American Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners11.84% 15.77% 10.00%
American Resources -12,881.75%N/A -20.29%

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$67.07M$5.84B$3.25B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%5.15%4.04%
P/E Ratio-1.7525.7495.9220.11
Price / Sales182.02366.8327,181,161,885,851,900.00119.81
Price / CashN/A26.4923.8957.86
Price / Book-0.817.175.925.56
Net Income-$40.11M$278.68M$147.60M$248.40M
7 Day Performance2.98%-0.72%0.81%4.67%
1 Month Performance4.90%2.50%3.83%6.64%
1 Year Performance3.51%21.36%25.73%21.31%

American Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREC
American Resources
1.9905 of 5 stars
$0.86
+3.1%
$4.00
+365.6%
+36.4%$67.07M$380K-1.7510
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
3.3686 of 5 stars
$26.14
+2.3%
$29.00
+10.9%
+7.9%$3.36B$2.45B12.333,653
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.7128 of 5 stars
$13.46
+6.2%
$23.50
+74.6%
-39.1%$1.64B$4.24B5.025,600High Trading Volume
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.6695 of 5 stars
$112.87
+7.6%
$181.00
+60.4%
-63.1%$1.47B$2.96B55.884,040High Trading Volume
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.3546 of 5 stars
$95.51
+1.3%
N/A+3.7%$1.24B$229.91M9.1750
METC
Ramaco Resources
2.375 of 5 stars
$13.14
+7.7%
$13.67
+4.0%
-11.2%$718.81M$628.28M-164.25725High Trading Volume
METCB
Ramaco Resources
0.6327 of 5 stars
$8.18
+12.2%
N/A-23.7%$447.45M$666.29M-90.88725High Trading Volume
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
3.0166 of 5 stars
$1.66
+1.2%
$2.58
+55.1%
-6.7%$186.88MN/A-5.19122
VOXR
Vox Royalty
1.1866 of 5 stars
$3.16
+1.3%
N/A+14.9%$160.40M$11.05M-79.003High Trading Volume
NB
NioCorp Developments
1.8447 of 5 stars
$2.33
-6.0%
$4.13
+77.0%
+33.9%$129.80MN/A-2.998High Trading Volume
PLL
Piedmont Lithium
1.7669 of 5 stars
$5.82
-0.3%
$12.75
+119.1%
-37.2%$127.75M$99.88M-2.0740

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