BTU vs. ARCH, ARLP, NRP, AROC, KOS, FLNC, BSM, SEDG, CVI, and NS
Should you be buying Peabody Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peabody Energy include Arch Resources (ARCH), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Archrock (AROC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), CVR Energy (CVI), and NuStar Energy (NS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) and Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Arch Resources. Peabody Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peabody Energy presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.58%. Arch Resources has a consensus target price of $177.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.47%. Given Peabody Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Arch Resources.
87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Arch Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Peabody Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Arch Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arch Resources received 208 more outperform votes than Peabody Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.19% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.
Peabody Energy has a net margin of 15.36% compared to Arch Resources' net margin of 14.75%. Arch Resources' return on equity of 32.20% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.
Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Arch Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Peabody Energy pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arch Resources pays out 4.2% 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.
In the previous week, Arch Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Peabody Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Arch Resources and 19 mentions for Peabody Energy. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Arch Resources' score of 0.20 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arch Resources has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Peabody Energy and Arch Resources tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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