Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARLP or AMR?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.64%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus price target of $183.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.54%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alpha Metallurgical 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
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ARLP or AMR more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 11.08%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 22.65% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	11.08%	22.65%	14.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners received 229 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 61.87% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 401 64.78%	Underperform Votes 218 35.22%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 172 61.87%	Underperform Votes 106 38.13%

Is ARLP or AMR a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 132.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARLP or AMR?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alpha Metallurgical 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.39	$360.86M	$2.12	12.48
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$2.96B	0.54	$721.96M	$14.21	8.55

Does the media prefer ARLP or AMR?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 28 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 3 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.55 indicating that Alpha Metallurgical Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Alliance Resource Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.