Comparing American Resources (AREC) & Its Rivals

American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare American Resources to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares American Resources and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Resources	$380,000.00	$55.41 million	-2.62
American Resources Competitors	$5.22 billion	$278.94 million	-26.28

American Resources’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than American Resources. American Resources is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares American Resources and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Resources Competitors	-1,161,736,352,322,426,600.00%	-52.89%	-2.07%

Volatility & Risk

American Resources has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Resources’ competitors have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for American Resources and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Resources	1	0	2	0	2.33
American Resources Competitors	6414	22620	32331	1801	2.47

American Resources currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 504.65%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 28.13%. Given American Resources’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.3% of American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of American Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Resources Company Profile

American Resources Corporation is a diversified natural resources and infrastructure company focused on supplying materials used in the production of steel, energy, and advanced technologies. Through its subsidiaries, the company has historically operated metallurgical carbon, or coal, businesses in the Central Appalachian region of the United States, including areas of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. Its activities have included the acquisition, development, and operation of mining properties and related processing and transportation assets.