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BTU vs. ARLP, AMR, NRP, METCB, METC, AREC, NC, KNTK, CRK, and DINO

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 (METCB), Ramaco Resources (METC), American Resources (AREC), NACCO Industries (NC), Kinetik (KNTK), Comstock Resources (CRK), and HF Sinclair (DINO).

Peabody Energy vs.

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

18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Peabody Energy and 3 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Peabody Energy's score of 1.38 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alliance Resource Partners
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Peabody Energy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peabody Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

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 Partners14.74% 19.09% 12.19%
Peabody Energy 8.75%10.33%6.45%

Alliance Resource Partners presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Peabody Energy has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 73.56%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible 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

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
Alliance Resource Partners$2.34B1.45$360.86M$2.1212.46
Peabody Energy$4.19B0.39$370.90M$2.685.05

Summary

Alliance Resource Partners beats Peabody Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BTU vs. The Competition

MetricPeabody EnergyBituminous coal & lignite IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.65B$2.69B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.14%4.58%11.00%3.83%
P/E Ratio5.013.3053.7634.53
Price / Sales0.391.3624,457.0434.84
Price / Cash2.613.7635.5017.51
Price / Book0.441.133.544.69
Net Income$370.90M$631.31M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.18%-1.78%-1.13%-2.43%
1 Month Performance11.62%1.65%5.75%6.27%
1 Year Performance-41.88%-14.43%178.62%5.78%

Peabody Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.6539 of 5 stars
$13.54
-3.1%
$23.50
+73.6%
-42.7%$1.65B$4.19B5.015,500Positive News
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
2.853 of 5 stars
$25.13
+0.6%
$29.00
+15.4%
+14.1%$3.23B$2.34B9.113,370Positive News
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.5475 of 5 stars
$118.75
+4.7%
$183.00
+54.1%
-62.3%$1.55B$2.96B4.363,730News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.8635 of 5 stars
$97.13
+1.4%
N/A+5.3%$1.26B$229.91M7.8150Gap Down
High Trading Volume
METCB
Ramaco Resources
0.7196 of 5 stars
$8.07
-8.4%
N/A-24.5%$435.78M$666.30M23.74725Positive News
Dividend Announcement
METC
Ramaco Resources
4.1945 of 5 stars
$9.00
+0.1%
$15.67
+74.1%
-39.8%$399.67M$666.30M13.85725News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AREC
American Resources
2.3694 of 5 stars
$0.83
-1.3%
$4.00
+379.1%
-45.3%$64.64M$399,962.00-2.1410Earnings Report
NC
NACCO Industries
2.237 of 5 stars
$34.31
+2.2%
N/A+17.3%$255.00M$249.99M-14.791,600Dividend Increase
KNTK
Kinetik
4.4285 of 5 stars
$43.35
+3.9%
$57.89
+33.6%
+9.9%$6.84B$1.58B15.99200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
CRK
Comstock Resources
1.8674 of 5 stars
$22.85
-2.1%
$14.23
-37.7%
+109.5%$6.69B$1.43B-30.07240Positive News
DINO
HF Sinclair
4.6749 of 5 stars
$35.34
+3.6%
$42.30
+19.7%
-37.3%$6.66B$27.92B43.105,220Positive News

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