Noble Financial Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for ARLP

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) – Investment analysts at Noble Financial dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Alliance Resource Partners in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now expects that the energy company will post earnings of $0.48 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.89. The consensus estimate for Alliance Resource Partners’ current full-year earnings is $3.19 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for Alliance Resource Partners’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.75 EPS.

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 3rd. The energy company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.60 by ($0.38). Alliance Resource Partners had a return on equity of 23.74% and a net margin of 18.52%.

ARLP has been the subject of a number of other reports. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $29.00 price objective (up from $27.00) on shares of Alliance Resource Partners in a research report on Tuesday. StockNews.com cut shares of Alliance Resource Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Singular Research cut shares of Alliance Resource Partners from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd.

Alliance Resource Partners Trading Down 4.9 %

ARLP stock opened at $26.62 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 2.36 and a quick ratio of 1.69. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $26.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $25.65. Alliance Resource Partners has a one year low of $18.32 and a one year high of $30.56. The stock has a market cap of $3.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.56 and a beta of 1.16.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ARLP. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Alliance Resource Partners in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. USA Financial Formulas acquired a new position in Alliance Resource Partners in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Eastern Bank acquired a new position in Alliance Resource Partners in the third quarter valued at about $72,000. Bogart Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Alliance Resource Partners in the fourth quarter valued at about $127,000. Finally, MONECO Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Alliance Resource Partners during the fourth quarter worth about $201,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 18.11% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Timothy J. Whelan sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.00, for a total value of $280,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 157,946 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,422,488. The trade was a 5.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 16.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Alliance Resource Partners Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a $0.70 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.52%. Alliance Resource Partners’s payout ratio is presently 79.55%.

Alliance Resource Partners Company Profile

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 four segments: Illinois Basin Coal Operations, Appalachia Coal Operations, Oil & Gas Royalties, and Coal Royalties.