AMR vs ARLP vs AREC Stock Comparison

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Alliance Resource Partners and American Resources Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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Head to Head

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Alliance Resource Partners leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Alliance Resource Partners 5, Alpha Metallurgical Resources 3, American Resources 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRARLPARECLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.95B $3.25B $76.86M ARLP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -42.3x 12.2x 4.3x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.1x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -12.9% -5.1% +56.7% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.2% 12.3% — ARLP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.9% 12.9% — ARLP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 0.7x 10.4x AMR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.2% +4.7% -73.3% ARLP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.6%/yr +17.6%/yr -14.3%/yr AMR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.3% 21.0% 96.9% ARLP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 66/100 44/100 AMR

Percentile Scorecard

AMRARLPAREC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMRARLPAREC
Valuation 82 #5 of 23 91 #3 of 23 68 #8 of 23
Growth 35 #14 of 21 60 #9 of 21 75 #6 of 21
Profitability 74 #6 of 20 95 #2 of 20 –
Financial Health 77 #6 of 23 18 #19 of 23 32 #16 of 23
Shareholder Returns – – 0 #11 of 11
Overall 67 66 44
  • AMR ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • ARLP ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMRARLPARECSPY
1 month -11.1%+6.5%-40.2% -2.0%
3 months +8.4%+1.6%-47.3% -2.2%
6 months -19.2%-0.2%-53.5% +4.2%
Year to date -23.8%+12.5%-56.9% +10.6%
1 year -16.2%+4.7%-73.3% +10.4%
3 years -30.7%+8.9%-23.0% +73.6%
3 years, per year -11.5%+2.9%-8.4% +20.2%
5 years +155.0%+124.9%-53.9% +61.6%
5 years, per year +20.6%+17.6%-14.3% +10.1%
10 years —+11.7%— +261.3%
10 years, per year —+1.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMRARLPARECSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.3%21.0%96.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.6%19.9%94.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.53-0.122.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.290.23-0.76 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.5%-35.1%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.0%-9.9%-75.5% -3.2%
52-week high $249.65$28.99$4.37 $779.14
52-week low $137.33$23.10$1.07 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMRARLPAREC
P/E now vs peer median -42.0xmedian 25.3x 12.6xmedian 25.3x 4.7xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 6.1x 1.5xmedian 6.1x -260.9xmedian 6.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 12.6x 6.0xmedian 12.6x -1.5xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,330xmedian 9.5x 9.4xmedian 9.5x 6.6xmedian 9.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.54median 44.09 -0.43median 44.09 0.07median 44.09

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMRARLPAREC
Revenue $2.07B $2.17B -$312.74K
Gross profit $206.89M $775.00M $956.08K
Operating income -$44.78M $319.75M -$6.29M
Net income -$46.07M $272.96M -$79.01M
Free cash flow -$1.45M $357.09M $12.37M
R&D – – -$1.22M
EPS (diluted) $-3.62 $2.07 $0.20
Cash & equivalents $307.60M $111.19M $31.70M
Total debt $11.40M $579.59M $965.29K
Shares (diluted) 12.71M 128.66M 87.27M
Enterprise value $371.51M $2.94B -$5.63M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMRARLPAREC
P/E -42.0x 12.6x 4.7x
P/FCF -1,330x 9.4x 6.6x
P/Operating cash flow 14.0x 5.5x 6.4x
P/S 0.9x 1.5x -260.9x
P/B 1.3x 1.9x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 1.9x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 13.2x 6.0x -1.5x
EV/EBIT -35.8x 12.0x -1.6x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 1.8x -33.2x
EV/FCF -1,105x 10.7x 0.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.6x 6.3x 0.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.54 -0.43 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRARLPAREC
Revenue growth (1Y) -12.9% -5.1% 56.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -15.8% -6.3% -26.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.4% 4.7% 210.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -44.9% -12.3% -62.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -101.5% 6.8% 47.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -26.9% -26.1% 31.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -23.8% 13.2% -517.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -27.0% -28.6% -279.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -27.1% 12.7% 131.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.2% -29.1% 68.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -56.9% -9.3% 541.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -51.0% -16.8% 71.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -100.8% 12.4% 682.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.0% -18.1% 89.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRARLPAREC
Gross margin 10.0% 35.6% –
EBITDA margin 5.9% 29.3% –
Operating margin -2.2% 14.7% –
Pretax margin -3.4% 13.4% –
Net margin -2.2% 12.3% –
FCF margin -0.1% 16.4% –
Operating cash flow margin 6.7% 28.2% -4,086%
Return on equity -3.1% 15.3% –
Return on assets -2.0% 9.4% 7.7%
Return on invested capital -1.9% 12.9% –
Return on capital employed -2.2% 12.3% -5.1%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.8x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.0x 2.2x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – -3,162%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRARLPAREC
Debt / assets 0.5% 19.7% 0.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 0.7x 10.4x
Debt / FCF -7.8x 1.6x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 33.6% 39.3% 43.9%
Equity / assets 66.4% 60.7% 56.1%
Interest coverage -13.6x 6.9x –
Current ratio 3.4x 1.8x 2.2x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.1x 1.2x
Cash ratio 1.3x 0.4x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 3.99 – -0.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRARLPAREC
Dividend yield – 9.2% 3.7%
Net buyback yield – – -92.7%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 9.2% -89.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMRARLPAREC
Forward P/E – 10.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.44FY2026 $2.59FY2026 $-0.30FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +7.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +7.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.26BFY2026 $2.37BFY2026 $8.75MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026 +17,395.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.2% -8.6% +3,730.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRARLPAREC
Held by institutions 87.7% 15.3% 31.5%
Institutions holding 255 173 100
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% -11.7% -5.8%
Institutions buying 115 75 67
Institutions selling 91 41 17
Buyers to sellers 1.26 1.83 3.94

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMRARLPAREC
AMR 1.00 0.33 0.31
ARLP 0.33 1.00 0.05
AREC 0.31 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMR, ARLP and AREC?

Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) $1.95B, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) $3.25B, American Resources (AREC) $76.86M.

Which stock is cheaper, AMR, ARLP and AREC?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -42.3x, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 12.2x, American Resources (AREC) 4.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

American Resources (AREC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -12.9%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) -5.1%, American Resources (AREC) +56.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) has the highest net margin (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -2.2%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) leads (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -1.9%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 12.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) returned the most: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -16.2%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) +4.7%, American Resources (AREC) -73.3%. Over five years, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) compounded fastest (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) +20.6%/yr, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) +17.6%/yr, American Resources (AREC) -14.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) has been the steadiest (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) 56.3%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 21.0%, American Resources (AREC) 96.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMR, ARLP and AREC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.