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NRP vs. ARLP, BTU, AMR, METCB, METC, AREC, NC, TXNM, VIST, and NOV

Should you be buying Natural Resource Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Resource Partners include Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Ramaco Resources (METCB), Ramaco Resources (METC), American Resources (AREC), NACCO Industries (NC), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Vista Energy (VIST), and NOV (NOV).

Natural Resource Partners vs.

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

Alliance Resource Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners 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
Natural Resource Partners$229.91M5.34$278.43M$10.419.10
Alliance Resource Partners$2.34B1.45$360.86M$2.1212.46

Alliance Resource Partners received 27 more outperform votes than Natural Resource Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Natural Resource PartnersOutperform Votes
375
63.03%
Underperform Votes
220
36.97%
Alliance Resource PartnersOutperform Votes
402
64.84%
Underperform Votes
218
35.16%

Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Natural Resource Partners pays out 28.8% 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.

31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 68.22% compared to Alliance Resource Partners' net margin of 14.74%. Natural Resource Partners' return on equity of 39.69% beat Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Natural Resource Partners68.22% 39.69% 25.55%
Alliance Resource Partners 14.74%19.09%12.19%

In the previous week, Natural Resource Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Alliance Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Natural Resource Partners and 3 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners. Alliance Resource Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Natural Resource Partners' score of 0.31 indicating that Alliance Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Natural Resource Partners
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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

Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Alliance Resource Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Natural Resource Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Alliance Resource Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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NRP vs. The Competition

MetricNatural Resource PartnersBituminous coal & lignite IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.23B$2.69B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.19%4.58%11.00%3.84%
P/E Ratio7.623.3053.7634.53
Price / Sales5.341.3624,457.0434.83
Price / Cash5.733.7635.5017.51
Price / Book2.251.133.544.69
Net Income$278.43M$631.31M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.28%-1.74%-1.03%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-7.79%1.09%6.32%7.50%
1 Year Performance5.34%-15.07%177.99%4.15%

Natural Resource Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.8719 of 5 stars
$94.75
-0.8%
N/A+5.9%$1.23B$229.91M7.6250Gap Down
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
2.8588 of 5 stars
$25.13
+0.6%
$29.00
+15.4%
+16.2%$3.23B$2.34B9.113,370Positive News
BTU
Peabody Energy
4.6587 of 5 stars
$14.60
+2.2%
$23.50
+61.0%
-40.7%$1.77B$4.19B5.415,500Positive News
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.5475 of 5 stars
$118.75
+4.7%
$183.00
+54.1%
-60.2%$1.55B$2.96B4.363,730News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
METCB
Ramaco Resources
0.7196 of 5 stars
$8.07
-8.4%
N/A-25.2%$435.78M$666.30M23.74725Positive News
Dividend Announcement
METC
Ramaco Resources
4.2021 of 5 stars
$9.00
+0.1%
$15.67
+74.1%
-36.8%$399.23M$666.30M13.85725News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AREC
American Resources
2.3736 of 5 stars
$0.83
-1.3%
$4.00
+379.1%
-37.5%$64.64M$399,962.00-2.1410Earnings Report
NC
NACCO Industries
2.237 of 5 stars
$34.31
+2.2%
N/A+15.8%$255.00M$249.99M-14.791,600Dividend Increase
TXNM
TXNM Energy
1.5759 of 5 stars
$53.10
+0.4%
$53.57
+0.9%
N/A$4.92B$1.97B27.651,635Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
VIST
Vista Energy
4.6778 of 5 stars
$50.00
+5.8%
$67.08
+34.2%
+1.2%$4.76B$1.77B9.69410Positive News
NOV
NOV
4.7675 of 5 stars
$12.97
+3.8%
$18.00
+38.8%
-36.2%$4.69B$8.82B8.0532,300Trending News
Dividend Announcement

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