BTU vs. AMR, ARCH, ARLP, NRP, NC, PAA, CHK, FTI, APA, and AR
Should you be buying Peabody Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peabody Energy include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Arch Resources (ARCH), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), NACCO Industries (NC), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), TechnipFMC (FTI), APA (APA), and Antero Resources (AR).
Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Peabody Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources presently has a consensus target price of $284.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.80%. Peabody Energy has a consensus target price of $28.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.00%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Peabody Energy is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Peabody Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 2 mentions for Peabody Energy. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Peabody Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Peabody Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of 11.62%. Peabody Energy's return on equity of 36.77% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.
Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Metallurgical Resources. Peabody Energy 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.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peabody Energy received 151 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.20% of users gave Peabody Energy an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Alpha Metallurgical Resources and Peabody Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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