Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Competitors

Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) and Natural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ARCH or NRP?

88.1% of Arch Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Arch Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Natural Resource Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ARCH or NRP?

In the previous week, Arch Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Natural Resource Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Arch Resources and 2 mentions for Natural Resource Partners. Arch Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Natural Resource Partners' score of 1.20 indicating that Natural Resource Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arch Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Natural Resource Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARCH or NRP?

Arch Resources received 155 more outperform votes than Natural Resource Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.90% of users gave Natural Resource Partners an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arch Resources	Outperform Votes 528 61.68%	Underperform Votes 328 38.32%
Natural Resource Partners	Outperform Votes 373 62.90%	Underperform Votes 220 37.10%

Do analysts recommend ARCH or NRP?

Arch Resources currently has a consensus price target of $177.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. Given Natural Resource Partners' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arch Resources is more favorable than Natural Resource Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arch Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Natural Resource Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ARCH or NRP a better dividend stock?

Arch Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Natural Resource Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Arch Resources pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Resource Partners pays out 22.2% 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. Natural Resource Partners has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Natural Resource Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARCH or NRP?

Arch Resources has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Resource Partners has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ARCH or NRP?

Arch Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Resource Partners. Natural 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arch Resources	$3.15B	0.93	$464.04M	$17.00	9.49
Natural Resource Partners	$370.01M	3.16	$278.43M	$13.54	6.67

Is ARCH or NRP more profitable?

Natural Resource Partners has a net margin of 62.93% compared to Natural Resource Partners' net margin of 10.89%. Arch Resources' return on equity of 43.30% beat Natural Resource Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arch Resources	10.89%	22.32%	13.31%
Natural Resource Partners	62.93%	43.30%	27.21%

Summary

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