Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts recommend ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.04%. Peabody Energy has a consensus price target of $22.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.61%. Given Alliance Resource Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Peabody Energy.

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
Peabody Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARLP or BTU?

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peabody Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.24	$360.86M	$1.81	13.02
Peabody Energy	$4.24B	0.61	$370.90M	$1.03	20.66

Is ARLP or BTU a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peabody Energy pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peabody Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARLP or BTU?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ARLP or BTU?

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Peabody Energy and 5 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Peabody Energy's score of 1.12 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Peabody Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ARLP or BTU more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 10.30% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 3.43%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 14.27% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	10.30%	14.27%	9.04%
Peabody Energy	3.43%	4.41%	2.79%

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.