Noble Financial Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for ARLP

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) – Equities research analysts at Noble Financial increased their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Alliance Resource Partners in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, July 14th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now expects that the energy company will post earnings of $0.62 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.54. The consensus estimate for Alliance Resource Partners’ current full-year earnings is $2.52 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for Alliance Resource Partners’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.78 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.52 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $2.85 EPS, FY2029 earnings at $3.06 EPS and FY2030 earnings at $3.28 EPS.

ARLP has been the subject of several other reports. Zacks Research raised shares of Alliance Resource Partners from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Weiss Ratings lowered Alliance Resource Partners from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Alliance Resource Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $30.00.

Alliance Resource Partners Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ARLP opened at $24.94 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 1.46 and a quick ratio of 0.95. The firm has a market cap of $3.21 billion, a PE ratio of 13.13 and a beta of 0.23. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.43. Alliance Resource Partners has a 1-year low of $22.20 and a 1-year high of $29.45.

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) last released its earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The energy company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by ($0.28). Alliance Resource Partners had a net margin of 11.35% and a return on equity of 16.87%. The firm had revenue of $516.02 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $518.24 million.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 95.4% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,363,174 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $78,127,000 after buying an additional 1,641,741 shares during the period. Progeny 3 Inc. raised its position in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Progeny 3 Inc. now owns 3,282,671 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $76,256,000 after acquiring an additional 8,290 shares during the last quarter. Energy Income Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 145.9% in the 1st quarter. Energy Income Partners LLC now owns 737,328 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $20,387,000 after purchasing an additional 437,486 shares during the last quarter. ING Groep NV grew its stake in shares of Alliance Resource Partners by 76.7% during the fourth quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 668,000 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $15,518,000 after purchasing an additional 289,900 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Alliance Resource Partners by 3.3% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 657,191 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $16,617,000 after buying an additional 21,116 shares during the period. 18.11% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alliance Resource Partners Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 15th. Investors of record on Friday, May 8th were paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 8th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.6%. Alliance Resource Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 126.32%.

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.