ARCH vs. ARLP, BTU, NRP, NS, CRK, AROC, CVI, NEP, FLNC, and BE
Should you be buying Arch Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arch Resources include Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), NuStar Energy (NS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Archrock (AROC), CVR Energy (CVI), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Fluence Energy (FLNC), and Bloom Energy (BE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) and Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Alliance Resource Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Arch Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alliance Resource Partners and 3 mentions for Arch Resources. Arch Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Alliance Resource Partners' score of 0.98 indicating that Arch Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arch Resources received 135 more outperform votes than Alliance Resource Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Alliance Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.
88.1% of Arch Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Alliance Resource Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Arch Resources 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alliance Resource Partners has a net margin of 23.36% compared to Arch Resources' net margin of 10.89%. Alliance Resource Partners' return on equity of 32.06% beat Arch Resources' return on equity.
Arch Resources presently has a consensus target price of $177.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.67%. Alliance Resource Partners has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.38%. Given Alliance Resource Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alliance Resource Partners is more favorable than Arch Resources.
Alliance Resource Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arch Resources. Alliance Resource Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arch Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arch Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Alliance Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Arch Resources pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Resource Partners pays out 61.3% 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.
Arch Resources has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Resource Partners has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alliance Resource Partners beats Arch Resources on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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