Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, coal producer Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Alliance's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Alliance facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Tulsa, Okla. (1971) |
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Market Cap |
$1.22 billion |
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Industry |
Coal and Consumable Fuels |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$1.2 billion |
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Management |
President/CEO Joseph Craft, III (since 1999) CFO Brian Cantrell (since 2005) |
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Return on Capital (average, last three years) |
23.2% |
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Dividend Yield |
8.9% |
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Competitors |
Peabody Energy
Arch Coal |
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CAPS Members Bullish on ARLP Also Bullish on |
General Electric
Johnson & Johnson |
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CAPS Members Bearish on ARLP Also Bearish on |
IBM
Starbucks |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's), and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, 474 of the 489 members who have rated Alliance -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include KyrieLoon and All-Star mm20001, who is ranked in the top 0.3% of our community.
Last month, KyrieLoon tapped Alliance as a rather bankable bet on black:
Say what we will about the environmental problems of coal use, the economic realities are that we will be generating power with coal for decades to come. [Alliance] has a long track record of profitability and a consistently increasing dividend ... – that's a tough act to better.
In a pitch from two weeks ago, mm20001 expands on the stock as a stable income opportunity:
[Alliance] is a [master limited partnership] that produces coal for utilities and industrial users in the US. The stock price hasn't really gone anywhere in the past 5 years, but the dividend has been steadily increased from $1.24 in 2004 to $2.92 for a 9% yield currently. Given the attractive yield, a forward P/E of 6 and manageable debt of $459M (vs. $211M in cash), [Alliance] is a worthy investment around $30.
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