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METC vs. AMR, ARLP, BTU, NRP, METCB, AREC, CNR, HCC, SXC, and NC

Should you be buying Ramaco Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramaco Resources include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Core Natural Resources (CNR), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and NACCO Industries (NC).

Ramaco Resources vs. Its Competitors

Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both small-cap coal companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Ramaco Resources currently has a consensus target price of $21.67, indicating a potential downside of 7.92%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $160.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.49%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Metallurgical Resources is more favorable than Ramaco Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ramaco Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Ramaco Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 3 mentions for Ramaco Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ramaco Resources' score of 0.76 indicating that Alpha Metallurgical Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ramaco Resources
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ramaco Resources$625.92M2.08$11.19M-$0.45-52.29
Alpha Metallurgical Resources$2.37B0.78$187.58M-$2.85-49.62

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of -1.57% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of -3.17%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of -2.28% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramaco Resources-3.17% -5.55% -2.96%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources -1.57%-2.28%-1.54%

74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by company 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.

Ramaco Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ramaco Resources pays out -60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays out -70.2% 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. Alpha Metallurgical Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Ramaco Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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METC vs. The Competition

MetricRamaco ResourcesCOAL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.30B$8.35B$7.94B$9.74B
Dividend Yield1.32%3.79%11.00%4.09%
P/E Ratio-52.2913.5372.8825.97
Price / Sales2.081.4224,726.66123.18
Price / Cash14.294.4935.9458.38
Price / Book3.741.564.036.39
Net Income$11.19M$933.25M$4.27B$265.66M
7 Day Performance-0.25%-1.75%1.56%1.98%
1 Month Performance10.31%-1.96%1.66%1.33%
1 Year Performance101.11%17.86%10.40%21.15%

Ramaco Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
METC
Ramaco Resources
3.1799 of 5 stars
$23.53
+7.6%
$21.67
-7.9%
+80.4%$1.30B$625.92M-52.29725
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
2.7829 of 5 stars
$141.04
-3.9%
$160.50
+13.8%
-41.0%$1.92B$2.96B-49.494,040
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
3.5048 of 5 stars
$23.87
-2.5%
$29.00
+21.5%
-3.0%$3.14B$2.45B13.193,653High Trading Volume
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.6815 of 5 stars
$17.07
-2.8%
$21.60
+26.6%
-31.5%$2.14B$4.24B16.575,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.7601 of 5 stars
$103.32
0.0%
N/A+15.9%$1.34B$268.01M9.7150Positive News
Ex-Dividend
METCB
Ramaco Resources
1.0621 of 5 stars
$15.91
-8.2%
N/A+40.0%$957.70M$666.29M0.00725Short Interest ↓
AREC
American Resources
2.672 of 5 stars
$1.27
-12.4%
$4.00
+215.0%
+172.8%$116.74M$380K-2.5910Earnings Report
CNR
Core Natural Resources
4.0974 of 5 stars
$71.08
+0.1%
$105.80
+48.8%
-43.9%$3.65B$2.24B32.612,076Positive News
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
3.1612 of 5 stars
$58.45
-2.5%
$61.00
+4.4%
-4.4%$3.15B$1.53B75.911,336Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.5152 of 5 stars
$7.58
+0.5%
$13.00
+71.5%
-15.3%$638.38M$1.94B8.811,168Positive News
NC
NACCO Industries
2.9388 of 5 stars
$36.73
-0.7%
N/A+32.8%$275.64M$237.71M8.621,700Dividend Announcement

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