Stocks · Energy · Coal

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ARLP

$24.79 +1.06% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.16B

Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The shares trade at 12.0× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.17B, down 5.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from -7.1% a quarter earlier.
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.06, up 13.2% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth33Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 42%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Quality78Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 23%
  • Gross marginBottom 37%
  • Operating marginTop 42%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 38%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 24%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%
  • Interest coverTop 32%
Value82Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 25%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 18%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 29%
Momentum32Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
  • 6-month returnBottom 38%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 43%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 42%
Revisions16Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 29%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 46%
Stability99Exceptional

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 9%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 9%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-7.1%-5.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-10.3%13.2%↑
Gross margin17.9%24.4%↑
Operating margin13.1%16.4%↑
FCF margin13.7%16.1%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-5.1%-7.1%↑Bottom 20%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)13.2%-10.3%↑Top 42%
Gross margin24.4%17.9%↑Bottom 37%
Operating margin16.4%13.1%↑Top 42%
Net margin12.3%10.3%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin16.1%13.7%↑—
Return on invested capital12.3%—Top 23%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-3.2%—Bottom 42%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.30×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-11.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+17.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.74×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
7.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
9.87%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
9.87%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
2 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-11.9%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.0%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$30.00
Target vs current price
+21.0%
Analysts with a rating
18
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
44%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 27, 2026-0.8%+3.7%+5.0%+6.4%—
Apr 27, 2026-74.1%+2.2%+5.0%-0.1%+0.0%
Feb 2, 2026+23.0%+3.7%+2.3%+13.3%+11.1%
Oct 27, 2025+4.5%+4.1%+6.2%+2.3%+8.9%
Jul 28, 2025-9.8%-1.7%-5.0%-16.1%-12.4%
Apr 28, 2025-4.8%+0.6%+0.1%-3.0%+3.2%
Feb 3, 2025-82.4%-3.8%-7.2%-12.6%-5.7%
Oct 28, 2024-23.3%-0.5%+2.9%+11.2%+14.1%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 27, 2026$0.65$0.66-0.8%$551.6M
Apr 27, 2026$0.07$0.27-74.1%$516.0M
Feb 2, 2026$0.75$0.61+23.0%$535.5M
Oct 27, 2025$0.70$0.67+4.5%$571.4M
Jul 28, 2025$0.55$0.61-9.8%$547.5M
Apr 28, 2025$0.60$0.63-4.8%$540.5M
Feb 3, 2025$0.13$0.74-82.4%$590.1M
Oct 28, 2024$0.66$0.86-23.3%$613.6M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)12.0×9.2×81thTop 25%
P/E (forward)10.3×———
EV / EBITDA5.6×——Top 18%
EV / Sales1.67×——Top 34%
Free-cash-flow yield11.10%——Top 20%
Earnings yield8.31%——Top 25%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.4× – 14.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-3.1%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+13.2%
Change in P/E multiple
-13.0%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+1.9%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.7%
Distance from 200-day average
-2.6%
RSI (14)
38.9
Relative volume
1.26×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
18.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
2th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.05
Correlation with S&P 500
0.03
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-14.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-23.7%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Aug 31, 2022May 31, 2023-35.1%187 days359 days (Nov 1, 2024)
Jan 24, 2025Sep 9, 2025-22.9%156 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 26, 2021Dec 1, 2021-21.1%25 days21 days (Dec 31, 2021)
Jun 2, 2022Jun 17, 2022-18.7%11 days19 days (Jul 18, 2022)
Dec 10, 2020Dec 29, 2020-17.8%12 days9 days (Jan 12, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$3.16B
P/E (TTM)
12.0
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.06
Revenue (TTM)
$2.17B
Dividend yield
9.68%
52-week range
$23.00 – $29.45
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.57B$2.42B$2.57B$2.45B$2.19B
Gross profit$289.4M$741.2M$751.5M$507.5M$468.4M
Operating income$219.2M$660.8M$672.4M$425.3M$385.3M
Net income$182.8M$586.2M$630.1M$360.9M$311.2M
EPS (diluted)$1.36$4.39$4.81$2.77$2.42
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$613.6M$590.1M$540.5M$547.5M$571.4M$535.5M$516.0M$551.6M
Net income$86.3M$16.3M$74.0M$59.4M$95.1M$82.7M$9.1M$79.6M
EPS (diluted)$0.66$0.13$0.57$0.46$0.74$0.64$0.07$0.61
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$426.1M$802.3M$830.6M$803.1M$651.1M
Capital expenditure-$153.9M-$286.4M-$468.6M-$428.7M-$271.1M
Free cash flow$272.2M$516.0M$362.1M$374.4M$380.0M
Dividends paid-$52.2M-$196.3M-$364.6M-$363.4M-$337.2M
Net share buybacks$0$0-$19.4M-$15.5M-$7.1M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$111.2M
Total assets
$2.94B
Total liabilities
$1.16B
Total debt
$590.9M
Net debt
$479.7M
Shareholders’ equity
$1.77B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 7, 2026$0.60Aug 14, 2026
May 8, 2026$0.60May 15, 2026
Feb 6, 2026$0.60Feb 13, 2026
Nov 7, 2025$0.60Nov 14, 2025
Aug 7, 2025$0.60Aug 14, 2025
May 8, 2025$0.70May 15, 2025
Feb 7, 2025$0.70Feb 14, 2025
Nov 7, 2024$0.70Nov 14, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
1,394,756
Days to cover
6.34
Change vs previous report
+1.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 17, 2014
2-for-1
Sep 16, 2005
2-for-1