METC vs. AMR, NRP, METCB, AREC, ARLP, BTU, CNR, HCC, WKC, and SDRL
Should you be buying Ramaco Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramaco Resources include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Core Natural Resources (CNR), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), World Kinect (WKC), and Seadrill (SDRL).
Ramaco Resources vs.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Ramaco Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Ramaco Resources. Ramaco Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Metallurgical Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 11.08% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of 5.35%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 22.65% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources presently has a consensus target price of $181.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.56%. Ramaco Resources has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 50.35%. Given Ramaco Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ramaco Resources is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
Ramaco Resources received 60 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.49% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 13 more articles in the media than Ramaco Resources. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 8 mentions for Ramaco Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Ramaco Resources' score of 0.34 indicating that Alpha Metallurgical Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out 99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramaco Resources pays out -337.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramaco Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ramaco Resources beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:METC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
