ARLP vs. BTU, AMR, NRP, METC, METCB, AREC, CNR, HCC, SXC, and NC
Should you be buying Alliance Resource Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Resource Partners include Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METC), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Core Natural Resources (CNR), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and NACCO Industries (NC).
Alliance Resource Partners vs. Its Competitors
Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
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 10.7%. 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
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.
87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Peabody Energy presently has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.29%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.39%. Given Peabody Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.
Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Summary
Peabody Energy beats Alliance Resource Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARLP) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff