Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$2.51B	1.17	$630.12M	$4.57	5.03
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$3.37B	0.76	$721.96M	$41.28	4.77

Does the media refer more to ARLP or AMR?

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 0 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Metallurgical Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	Neutral
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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, 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.19%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus price target of $336.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.52%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher possible 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners received 224 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 395 64.86%	Underperform Votes 214 35.14%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 171 62.18%	Underperform Votes 104 37.82%

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 12.2%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out 4.8% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARLP or AMR more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 21.04% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 13.52%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 28.63% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	21.04%	27.54%	17.93%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	13.52%	28.63%	18.77%

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Alliance Resource Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.