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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:NRP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
