Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARLP or BTU?

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Peabody Energy 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	1.38	$360.86M	$2.12	12.39
Peabody Energy	$4.24B	0.42	$370.90M	$2.68	5.40

Is ARLP or BTU more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 11.84% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 8.73%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 15.77% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	11.84%	15.77%	10.00%
Peabody Energy	8.73%	10.05%	6.34%

Is ARLP or BTU a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. Peabody Energy pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peabody Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer ARLP or BTU?

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Peabody Energy and 5 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Peabody Energy's score of 0.56 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Peabody Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.39%. Peabody Energy has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.29%. Given Peabody Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy 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
Peabody Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners and Peabody Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.