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Peabody Energy (BTU) Competitors

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$13.27 -0.54 (-3.91%)
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BTU vs. ARLP, AMR, NRP, METC, METCB, AREC, NC, CWEN, MTDR, and ENPH

Should you be buying Peabody Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peabody Energy include Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METC), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), NACCO Industries (NC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Matador Resources (MTDR), and Enphase Energy (ENPH).

Peabody Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

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

Peabody Energy currently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 77.09%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.62%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Alliance Resource Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peabody Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alliance Resource Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Peabody Energy8.75% 10.33% 6.45%
Alliance Resource Partners 14.74%19.09%12.19%

In the previous week, Peabody Energy and Peabody Energy both had 3 articles in the media. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.48 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Peabody Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peabody Energy$4.19B0.39$370.90M$2.684.95
Alliance Resource Partners$2.34B1.41$360.86M$2.1212.15

Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Peabody Energy pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Alliance Resource Partners received 73 more outperform votes than Peabody Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 64.64% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Peabody EnergyOutperform Votes
329
64.64%
Underperform Votes
180
35.36%
Alliance Resource PartnersOutperform Votes
402
64.84%
Underperform Votes
218
35.16%

Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BTU vs. The Competition

MetricPeabody EnergyBituminous coal & lignite IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.61B$2.56B$7.75B$19.87B
Dividend Yield2.23%4.69%11.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio4.913.2648.7435.60
Price / Sales0.391.3625,511.4843.81
Price / Cash2.613.7635.6617.51
Price / Book0.431.123.684.85
Net Income$370.90M$631.31M$4.32B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.72%-1.14%4.00%1.94%
1 Month Performance-9.10%-1.81%6.35%3.02%
1 Year Performance-42.30%-17.20%104.36%9.87%

Peabody Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.4715 of 5 stars
$13.27
-3.9%
$23.50
+77.1%
-39.5%$1.61B$4.19B4.915,500Positive News
Gap Down
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
3.3706 of 5 stars
$25.83
+0.3%
$29.00
+12.3%
+7.9%$3.32B$2.34B9.363,370
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.8949 of 5 stars
$112.40
+1.6%
$181.00
+61.0%
-62.9%$1.47B$2.63B4.123,730Positive News
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.4146 of 5 stars
$97.13
-0.4%
N/A+7.1%$1.26B$229.91M7.8150Positive News
METC
Ramaco Resources
4.56 of 5 stars
$10.05
+4.1%
$13.67
+36.0%
-20.6%$549.78M$628.28M15.46725Positive News
Gap Up
METCB
Ramaco Resources
0.6625 of 5 stars
$7.75
-0.6%
N/A-32.9%$423.96M$628.28M-86.11725News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
AREC
American Resources
2.3112 of 5 stars
$0.82
+25.0%
$4.00
+388.4%
-35.7%$67.38M$321.14K-2.1010Earnings Report
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NC
NACCO Industries
1.8095 of 5 stars
$36.74
-2.7%
N/A+14.3%$273.40M$249.99M-15.831,600
CWEN
Clearway Energy
2.1875 of 5 stars
$30.50
0.0%
$35.50
+16.4%
+13.3%$6.17B$1.41B29.3360Short Interest ↑
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.4085 of 5 stars
$46.67
+1.9%
$69.44
+48.8%
-17.7%$5.84B$3.70B6.54290Analyst Revision
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.5062 of 5 stars
$43.26
+5.1%
$68.31
+57.9%
-65.8%$5.68B$1.42B58.462,820

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