Noble Financial Issues Negative Forecast for ARLP Earnings

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) – Stock analysts at Noble Financial dropped their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for Alliance Resource Partners in a research note issued on Thursday, April 2nd. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now expects that the energy company will post earnings of $0.51 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.65. The consensus estimate for Alliance Resource Partners’ current full-year earnings is $2.72 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for Alliance Resource Partners’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.78 EPS.

ARLP has been the subject of several other reports. Wall Street Zen cut Alliance Resource Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Alliance Resource Partners from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Monday, March 16th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Alliance Resource Partners in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of Alliance Resource Partners from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $29.50.

Alliance Resource Partners Price Performance

ARLP stock opened at $28.17 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $26.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $25.01. Alliance Resource Partners has a 52-week low of $22.20 and a 52-week high of $29.45. The company has a market capitalization of $3.62 billion, a PE ratio of 11.74 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The energy company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.14. Alliance Resource Partners had a return on equity of 18.41% and a net margin of 14.18%.The firm had revenue of $535.51 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $556.82 million.

Alliance Resource Partners Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 13th. Investors of record on Friday, February 6th were paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 6th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.5%. Alliance Resource Partners’s dividend payout ratio is 100.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alliance Resource Partners

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ARLP. Nomura Holdings Inc. bought a new position in shares of Alliance Resource Partners during the second quarter valued at approximately $7,842,000. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 30.4% during the 2nd quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC now owns 260,081 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $6,799,000 after purchasing an additional 60,627 shares during the period. ING Groep NV lifted its holdings in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 167.8% in the 3rd quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 378,100 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $9,560,000 after purchasing an additional 236,900 shares during the last quarter. Tweedy Browne Co LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 105.4% in the 3rd quarter. Tweedy Browne Co LLC now owns 39,999 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $1,011,000 after purchasing an additional 20,522 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Parvin Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Alliance Resource Partners during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. 18.11% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alliance Resource Partners Company Profile

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) is a Tulsa, Oklahoma–based master limited partnership engaged in the production, marketing and transportation of bituminous coal. Through its subsidiaries, the company develops, owns and operates surface and underground coal mines, providing fuel primarily for electric power generation and various industrial applications. Alliance’s integrated business model covers the extraction of raw coal, processing at preparation plants and delivery to domestic and export customers.

The partnership operates multiple mining complexes across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia.