AMR vs. HUN, NXE, FUL, CC, BCPC, SMG, AVNT, ALTM, ASH, and CSWI
Should you be buying Alpha Metallurgical Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha Metallurgical Resources include Huntsman (HUN), NexGen Energy (NXE), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Chemours (CC), Balchem (BCPC), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Avient (AVNT), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Ashland (ASH), and CSW Industrials (CSWI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of -1.49%. Huntsman's return on equity of 36.77% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 11 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 20 mentions for Huntsman. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Huntsman's score of 0.19 indicating that Huntsman is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Huntsman has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Metallurgical Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huntsman received 449 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.
84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Huntsman shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by company 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.
Huntsman currently has a consensus target price of $26.73, suggesting a potential upside of 7.60%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $284.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
Summary
Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Huntsman on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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