Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) Competitors

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Is ARLP or AMR a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ARLP or AMR?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 2 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.48 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
Alliance Resource Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners currently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.97%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $181.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.25%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Metallurgical Resources is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alliance Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARLP or AMR?

Alliance Resource Partners received 229 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 402 64.84%	Underperform Votes 218 35.16%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Outperform Votes 173 61.79%	Underperform Votes 107 38.21%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARLP or AMR?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.34B	1.42	$360.86M	$2.12	12.22
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	$2.63B	0.55	$721.96M	$2.02	54.55

Is ARLP or AMR more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 11.08%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 22.65% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%
Alpha Metallurgical Resources	11.08%	22.65%	14.87%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ARLP or AMR?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.