Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BTU or ARLP?

87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BTU or ARLP a better dividend stock?

Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Peabody Energy pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate BTU or ARLP?

Peabody Energy presently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.07%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peabody Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer BTU or ARLP?

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Peabody Energy and 3 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.55 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peabody Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliance Resource Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BTU or ARLP 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
Peabody Energy	8.73%	10.05%	6.34%
Alliance Resource Partners	11.84%	15.77%	10.00%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BTU or ARLP?

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
Peabody Energy	$4.24B	0.42	$370.90M	$2.68	5.41
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.40	$360.86M	$2.12	12.60

Which has more volatility and risk, BTU or ARLP?

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

Summary

Peabody Energy beats Alliance Resource Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.