Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARLP or ARCH?

Arch Resources received 133 more outperform votes than Alliance Resource Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.21% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 384 64.21%	Underperform Votes 214 35.79%
Arch Resources	Outperform Votes 517 61.77%	Underperform Votes 320 38.23%

Is ARLP or ARCH more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 28.04% compared to Arch Resources' net margin of 27.67%. Arch Resources' return on equity of 68.14% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	28.04%	44.74%	27.51%
Arch Resources	27.67%	68.14%	38.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, ARLP or ARCH?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Resources has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ARLP or ARCH?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Arch Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 3 mentions for Arch Resources. Arch Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.47 indicating that Arch Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Arch Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ARLP or ARCH?

19.6% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Arch Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Arch Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARLP or ARCH?

Arch Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Arch 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	$2.41B	1.16	$577.19M	$5.63	3.89
Arch Resources	$3.72B	0.78	$1.33B	$45.92	3.50

Do analysts prefer ARLP or ARCH?

Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.86%. Arch Resources has a consensus target price of $197.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.85%. Given Alliance Resource Partners' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Arch Resources.

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

Is ARLP or ARCH a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Arch Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arch Resources pays out 2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

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