How to buy Alliance Resource Partners L-P (ARLP) stock

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P is a thermal coal business based in the US. Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares (ARLP) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Alliance Resource Partners L-P employs 2,902 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P stock price (NASDAQ: ARLP)

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Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-23.

Latest market close	$5.96
52-week range	$2.59 - $7.92
50-day moving average	$7.04
200-day moving average	$6.13
Wall St. target price	$7.00
PE ratio	23.1529
Dividend yield	$0.1 (1.4%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.31

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Alliance Resource Partners L-P price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $5.96 from 2021-05-28

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1 month (2021-06-23)	-16.64%
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Is Alliance Resource Partners L-P under- or over-valued?

Valuing Alliance Resource Partners L-P stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Alliance Resource Partners L-P's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's P/E ratio

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's EBITDA

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $379.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Alliance Resource Partners L-P's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P financials

Revenue TTM	$1.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	6.2%
Gross profit TTM	$447.3 million
Return on assets TTM	2.21%
Return on equity TTM	3.74%
Profit margin	3.11%
Book value	$8.56
Market capitalisation	$924.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares

There are currently 993,072 Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares held short by investors – that's known as Alliance Resource Partners L-P's "short interest". This figure is 43% down from 1.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares can be evaluated.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares traded daily (recently around 545643.95604396). Alliance Resource Partners L-P's SIR currently stands at 1.82. In other words for every 100,000 Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1820 shares are currently held short.

However Alliance Resource Partners L-P's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares, or, against the total number of tradable Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Alliance Resource Partners L-P's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0114% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares, roughly 11 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Alliance Resource Partners L-P.

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Alliance Resource Partners L-P share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 33.33% of net profits

Recently Alliance Resource Partners L-P has paid out, on average, around 33.33% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.4% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Alliance Resource Partners L-P shareholders could enjoy a 1.4% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Alliance Resource Partners L-P's case, that would currently equate to about $0.1 per share.

While Alliance Resource Partners L-P's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Alliance Resource Partners L-P may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's most recent dividend payout was on 13 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Alliance Resource Partners L-P's shares ever split?

Alliance Resource Partners L-P's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 June 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares which in turn could have impacted Alliance Resource Partners L-P's share price.

Alliance Resource Partners L-P share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Alliance Resource Partners L-P's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.5856 up to $7.92. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Alliance Resource Partners L-P's is 1.8705. This would suggest that Alliance Resource Partners L-P's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Alliance Resource Partners L-P overview

Alliance Resource Partners, L. P. , a diversified natural resource company, produces and markets coal primarily to utilities and industrial users in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Illinois Basin, Appalachia, and Minerals. It produces a range of thermal and metallurgical coal with sulfur and heat contents. The also company operates seven underground mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia. Further, it leases land and operates a coal loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mt.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Alliance Resource Partners L-P is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 31.616% of Alliance Resource Partners L-P shares are held by insiders and 18.966% by institutions. How many people work for Alliance Resource Partners L-P?
Latest data suggests 2,902 work at Alliance Resource Partners L-P. When does the fiscal year end for Alliance Resource Partners L-P?
Alliance Resource Partners L-P's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Alliance Resource Partners L-P based?
Alliance Resource Partners L-P's address is: 1717 South Boulder Avenue, Tulsa, OK, United States, 74119 What is Alliance Resource Partners L-P's ISIN number?
Alliance Resource Partners L-P's international securities identification number is: US01877R1086 What is Alliance Resource Partners L-P's CUSIP number?
Alliance Resource Partners L-P's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 01877R108