SII vs ARLP Comparison

Sprott Inc is an alternative asset manager. The company has four reportable segments: Exchange Listed Products, which derives key revenue, and includes management services to the company's closed-end physical trusts and exchange-traded funds, both of which are actively traded on public securities exchanges; Managed equities segment provides asset management and sub-advisory services to the company's branded funds, fixed-term LPs and managed accounts; Private strategies which provide lending and streaming activities through limited partnership vehicles; and the Corporate segment which provides capital, balance sheet management and enterprise shared services to the company's subsidiaries. Geographically, it derives key revenue from Canada, followed by the United States.

Alliance Resource Partners LP operates as a coal mining company based in the United States. It has four segments: Illinois Basin, Appalachia, Oil & Gas Royalties, and Coal Royalties. The Illinois Basin comprises underground mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia. The Appalachia segment comprises the Mettiki mining complex, the Tunnel Ridge mining complex, and the MC Mining complex. The Oil & Gas Royalties has oil & gas mineral interests held by AR Midland and AllDale I & II, and includes Alliance Minerals' equity interests in both AllDale III and Cavalier Minerals. The Coal Royalties have included coal mineral reserves and resources owned or leased by Alliance Resource Properties.