Arch Resources (ARCH) Competitors

Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) and CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) 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 earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is ARCH or CNX a better dividend stock?

Arch Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CNX Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.1250 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Arch Resources pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNX Resources pays out 3.9% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARCH or CNX?

88.1% of Arch Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Arch Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARCH or CNX?

CNX Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arch Resources. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch 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
Arch Resources	$2.68B	0.91	$464.04M	$9.52	14.16
CNX Resources	$1.41B	3.18	$1.72B	$3.18	9.45

Which has more risk & volatility, ARCH or CNX?

Arch Resources has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNX Resources has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARCH or CNX?

CNX Resources received 284 more outperform votes than Arch Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.38% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 60.68% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arch Resources	Outperform Votes 534 60.68%	Underperform Votes 346 39.32%
CNX Resources	Outperform Votes 818 69.38%	Underperform Votes 361 30.62%

Is ARCH or CNX more profitable?

CNX Resources has a net margin of 27.79% compared to Arch Resources' net margin of 6.69%. Arch Resources' return on equity of 13.22% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arch Resources	6.69%	13.22%	7.96%
CNX Resources	27.79%	7.54%	3.76%

Do analysts recommend ARCH or CNX?

Arch Resources presently has a consensus price target of $167.17, indicating a potential upside of 24.00%. CNX Resources has a consensus price target of $30.36, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Given Arch Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Arch Resources is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arch Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
CNX Resources	8 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.38

Does the media prefer ARCH or CNX?

In the previous week, CNX Resources had 15 more articles in the media than Arch Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CNX Resources and 9 mentions for Arch Resources. Arch Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat CNX Resources' score of 0.49 indicating that Arch Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arch Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CNX Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Arch Resources beats CNX Resources on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.