AMR vs. ARCH, ARLP, BTU, NRP, NC, IP, BG, ALB, GFI, and CF
Should you be buying Alpha Metallurgical Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha Metallurgical Resources include Arch Resources (ARCH), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Peabody Energy (BTU), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), NACCO Industries (NC), International Paper (IP), Bunge Global (BG), Albemarle (ALB), Gold Fields (GFI), and CF Industries (CF).
Arch Resources (NYSE:ARCH) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Arch Resources received 358 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave Arch Resources an outperform vote.
Arch Resources has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Arch Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Arch Resources and 4 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Arch Resources' score of 0.58 indicating that Arch Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Arch Resources. Alpha Metallurgical Resources 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 currently has a consensus target price of $177.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.77%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $284.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.80%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arch Resources is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 10.89%. Arch Resources' return on equity of 36.77% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.
88.1% of Arch Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Arch Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Arch Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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