Noble Financial Has Bearish Forecast for ARLP Q1 Earnings

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) – Equities researchers at Noble Financial reduced their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Alliance Resource Partners in a research report issued on Thursday, April 2nd. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now anticipates that the energy company will earn ($0.02) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.61. 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’ Q4 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

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

ARLP has been the topic of a number of other reports. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating on shares of Alliance Resource Partners in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Wall Street Zen cut shares of 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 research note on Monday, March 16th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of Alliance Resource Partners from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $29.50.

Alliance Resource Partners Stock Down 1.6%

Alliance Resource Partners stock opened at $27.73 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.55 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. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $26.65 and a 200-day moving average price of $25.09. Alliance Resource Partners has a twelve month low of $22.20 and a twelve month high of $29.45.

Institutional Trading of Alliance Resource Partners

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ARLP. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in Alliance Resource Partners by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 19,058 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $519,000 after purchasing an additional 1,254 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Alliance Resource Partners by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 118,249 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $3,091,000 after purchasing an additional 855 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Alliance Resource Partners in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $418,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in Alliance Resource Partners by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 13,094 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $342,000 after purchasing an additional 499 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its stake in Alliance Resource Partners by 4.8% in the 2nd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 518,451 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $13,552,000 after purchasing an additional 23,579 shares in the last quarter. 18.11% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Alliance Resource Partners Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared 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. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.7%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 6th. Alliance Resource Partners’s dividend payout ratio is presently 100.00%.

About Alliance Resource Partners

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.