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Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Competitors

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

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

Natural Resource Partners vs. Its Competitors

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 65.19% compared to Peabody Energy's net margin of 3.43%. Natural Resource Partners' return on equity of 27.76% beat Peabody Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peabody Energy3.43% 4.41% 2.79%
Natural Resource Partners 65.19%27.76%19.93%

Peabody Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Peabody Energy pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Resource Partners pays out 28.2% 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. Peabody Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Natural Resource Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Peabody Energy currently has a consensus price target of $25.20, indicating a potential downside of 21.28%. Given Peabody Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peabody Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Natural Resource Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Peabody Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Natural Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Peabody Energy and 0 mentions for Natural Resource Partners. Peabody Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Natural Resource Partners' score of 0.87 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Peabody Energy Positive
Natural Resource Partners Positive

Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Natural Resource Partners 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
Peabody Energy$4.24B0.92$370.90M$1.0331.08
Natural Resource Partners$268.01M5.10$183.64M$10.649.91

Summary

Peabody Energy beats Natural Resource Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NRP vs. The Competition

MetricNatural Resource PartnersCOAL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.35B$2.99B$7.70B$21.84B
Dividend Yield2.89%3.26%10.89%3.62%
P/E Ratio9.9116.2915.9632.72
Price / Sales5.101.481,418.1464.38
Price / Cash8.116.0936.1818.06
Price / Book2.482.024.604.71
Net Income$183.64M$933.25M$4.26B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.26%-5.37%-0.88%-0.02%
1 Month Performance3.18%10.19%1.11%0.33%
1 Year Performance9.33%42.46%16.06%11.71%

Natural Resource Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
1.8613 of 5 stars
$105.41
+1.5%
N/A+9.7%$1.35B$268.01M9.9150
BTU
Peabody Energy
2.9069 of 5 stars
$34.30
+2.6%
$25.20
-26.5%
+28.5%$4.16B$4.24B33.245,600Gap Down
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners
4.0393 of 5 stars
$25.40
-0.7%
$29.50
+16.1%
-2.3%$3.27B$2.45B14.053,653Upcoming Earnings
METC
Ramaco Resources
3.5563 of 5 stars
$50.64
-3.4%
$42.25
-16.6%
+348.0%$2.78B$666.29M-112.01725
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
2.5007 of 5 stars
$163.84
-2.3%
$160.50
-2.0%
-23.0%$2.15B$2.96B-57.904,040Gap Up
METCB
Ramaco Resources
1.1368 of 5 stars
$20.74
-4.3%
N/A+61.5%$1.15B$666.29M-45.40725Gap Up
AREC
American Resources
2.8337 of 5 stars
$6.00
+20.4%
$5.50
-8.3%
+373.0%$491.16M$380K-11.8510News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CNR
Core Natural Resources
4.7129 of 5 stars
$98.91
-1.3%
$119.10
+20.4%
-35.2%$5.08B$2.24B45.312,076Positive News
HCC
Warrior Met Coal
3.0518 of 5 stars
$65.90
-0.9%
$65.50
-0.6%
+8.0%$3.46B$1.53B85.531,336Gap Down
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.6348 of 5 stars
$8.45
-1.7%
$13.00
+53.9%
-4.7%$713.68M$1.94B9.801,168
NC
NACCO Industries
2.4015 of 5 stars
$41.31
+0.7%
N/A+55.8%$307.72M$237.71M9.701,700

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