AREC vs. HNRG, ARCH, HCC, CEIX, METC, RYAM, IPI, NL, FSTR, and PLL
Should you be buying American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Resources include Hallador Energy (HNRG), Arch Resources (ARCH), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Ramaco Resources (METC), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Intrepid Potash (IPI), NL Industries (NL), L.B. Foster (FSTR), and Piedmont Lithium (PLL).
Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) and American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Hallador Energy had 2 more articles in the media than American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hallador Energy and 7 mentions for American Resources. American Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Hallador Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that Hallador Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Resources has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of American Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hallador Energy currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.33%. American Resources has a consensus price target of $4.13, indicating a potential upside of 258.70%. Given Hallador Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Resources is more favorable than Hallador Energy.
Hallador Energy has higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hallador Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hallador Energy has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Hallador Energy's net margin of -179.75%. American Resources' return on equity of 8.49% beat Hallador Energy's return on equity.
Hallador Energy received 196 more outperform votes than American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.77% of users gave American Resources an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Hallador Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Hallador Energy beats American Resources on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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