Peabody Energy (BTU) Competitors

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to ARLP or BTU?

In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 26 more articles in the media than Peabody Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 7 mentions for Peabody Energy. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.50 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Peabody Energy	7 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 BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.83%. Peabody Energy has a consensus target price of $24.25, suggesting a potential upside of 88.35%. Given Peabody Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy 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
Peabody Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ARLP or BTU a better dividend stock?

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ARLP or BTU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Resource Partners	$2.45B	1.42	$360.86M	$2.12	12.80
Peabody Energy	$4.24B	0.37	$370.90M	$2.70	4.77

Is ARLP or BTU more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 8.75%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 19.09% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Resource Partners	14.74%	19.09%	12.19%
Peabody Energy	8.75%	10.33%	6.45%

Which has more risk & volatility, ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARLP or BTU?

Alliance Resource Partners received 73 more outperform votes than Peabody Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 64.57% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 401 64.78%	Underperform Votes 218 35.22%
Peabody Energy	Outperform Votes 328 64.57%	Underperform Votes 180 35.43%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARLP or BTU?

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.