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BTU vs. AMR, HCC, ARLP, METC, NRP, METCB, AREC, CNR, SXC, and NC

Should you be buying Peabody Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peabody Energy include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Ramaco Resources (METC), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Ramaco Resources (METCB), American Resources (AREC), Core Natural Resources (CNR), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and NACCO Industries (NC).

Peabody Energy vs. Its Competitors

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) are both mid-cap coal companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Peabody Energy has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of -1.57%. Peabody Energy's return on equity of 4.41% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources-1.57% -2.28% -1.54%
Peabody Energy 3.43%4.41%2.79%

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources currently has a consensus price target of $160.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.82%. Peabody Energy has a consensus price target of $25.20, suggesting a potential downside of 24.19%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Alpha Metallurgical Resources is more favorable than Peabody Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Peabody Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Peabody Energy and 6 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 0.26 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Peabody Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peabody Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Metallurgical Resources$2.96B0.68$187.58M-$2.85-54.24
Peabody Energy$4.24B0.95$370.90M$1.0332.27

Summary

Peabody Energy beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BTU vs. The Competition

MetricPeabody EnergyCOAL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.00B$2.91B$7.76B$21.97B
Dividend Yield0.91%3.20%10.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio32.2717.5373.5232.64
Price / Sales0.951.541,459.0882.90
Price / Cash5.556.3036.7624.53
Price / Book1.092.044.954.62
Net Income$370.90M$933.25M$4.28B$1.01B
7 Day Performance4.27%-1.64%-1.76%-0.79%
1 Month Performance62.15%15.08%1.68%0.25%
1 Year Performance29.44%40.24%17.56%11.51%

Peabody Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTU
Peabody Energy
2.9651 of 5 stars
$33.24
+0.9%
$25.20
-24.2%
+29.9%$4.00B$4.24B32.275,600
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
2.3622 of 5 stars
$167.27
+4.5%
$160.50
-4.0%
-30.4%$2.18B$2.37B-58.694,040
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
3.3596 of 5 stars
$66.52
+4.5%
$65.50
-1.5%
+3.7%$3.50B$1.22B86.391,336
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
4.1465 of 5 stars
$25.58
+2.1%
$29.50
+15.3%
-0.9%$3.29B$2.29B14.133,653
METC
Ramaco Resources
3.6351 of 5 stars
$52.42
+11.1%
$42.25
-19.4%
+340.2%$2.90B$625.92M-116.49725Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.8581 of 5 stars
$106.00
-0.9%
N/A+6.5%$1.37B$219.50M9.9650
METCB
Ramaco Resources
1.3119 of 5 stars
$21.67
+18.3%
N/A+77.1%$1.20B$625.92M-47.11725News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AREC
American Resources
2.9705 of 5 stars
$4.98
+22.1%
$5.50
+10.4%
+391.2%$421.35M$330.30K-10.1610Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CNR
Core Natural Resources
4.7325 of 5 stars
$100.03
+3.7%
$119.10
+19.1%
-36.2%$5.15B$2.24B45.882,076Gap Up
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.5633 of 5 stars
$8.63
+4.6%
$13.00
+50.6%
-4.2%$730.67M$1.85B10.031,168
NC
NACCO Industries
2.878 of 5 stars
$41.53
+4.1%
N/A+59.3%$309.48M$265.88M9.751,700

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