ARLP vs. ARCH, BTU, NRP, ESTE, CPE, XPRO, VIST, HEP, AY, and VET
Should you be buying Alliance Resource Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Resource Partners include Arch Resources (ARCH), Peabody Energy (BTU), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Earthstone Energy (ESTE), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Expro Group (XPRO), Vista Energy (VIST), Holly Energy Partners (HEP), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Alliance Resource Partners vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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