By Lee McLain

November 4, 2019 - We are comparing CONSOL Coal Resources LP (NYSE:CCR) and Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE:ARCH) on their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership. They both are Industrial Metals & Minerals companies, competing one another.

Valuation and Earnings

In table 1 we can see CONSOL Coal Resources LP and Arch Coal Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation. Arch Coal Inc. seems to has higher revenue and earnings compared to CONSOL Coal Resources LP. The business with the higher P/E out of the two companies is considered for more expensive of the two firms currently. CONSOL Coal Resources LP’s currently higher P/E ratio makes it the more expensive of the two businesses.

Profitability

Table 2 represents CONSOL Coal Resources LP (NYSE:CCR) and Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE:ARCH)’s return on equity, return on assets and net margins.

Liquidity

The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of CONSOL Coal Resources LP are 0.6 and 0.5 respectively. Its competitor Arch Coal Inc.’s Current Ratio is 2.7 and its Quick Ratio is 2.1. Arch Coal Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than CONSOL Coal Resources LP.

Analyst Ratings

The Ratings and Recommendations for CONSOL Coal Resources LP and Arch Coal Inc. are featured in the next table.

CONSOL Coal Resources LP has an average target price of $16, and a 43.24% upside potential. Competitively Arch Coal Inc. has an average target price of $106.33, with potential upside of 34.54%. Based on the data delivered earlier, CONSOL Coal Resources LP is looking more favorable than Arch Coal Inc., analysts opinion.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

CONSOL Coal Resources LP and Arch Coal Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 39.4% and 0%. 32.8% are CONSOL Coal Resources LP’s share held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.77% are Arch Coal Inc.’s share held by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

For the past year CONSOL Coal Resources LP had bearish trend while Arch Coal Inc. had bullish trend.

Summary

On 10 of the 14 factors Arch Coal Inc. beats CONSOL Coal Resources LP.