Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$2.34B	1.47	$360.86M	$2.12	12.61
Peabody Energy	$4.19B	0.41	$370.90M	$2.68	5.21

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 10.5%. 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media favor ARLP or BTU?

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Peabody Energy and 3 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Peabody Energy's score of 1.28 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Peabody Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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.

Do analysts prefer ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.46%. Peabody Energy has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 68.16%. 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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners received 73 more outperform votes than Peabody Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 64.64% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 402 64.84%	Underperform Votes 218 35.16%
Peabody Energy	Outperform Votes 329 64.64%	Underperform Votes 180 35.36%

Which has more risk and volatility, ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARLP or BTU more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 8.75%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 19.09% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%
Peabody Energy	8.75%	10.33%	6.45%

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.