AMR vs AREC vs CMC Stock Comparison

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, American Resources and Commercial Metals Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$65.90 +3.7% 1M +11.0% 1Y
Market cap
$7.27B
P/E
11.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
1.18%
Steel Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Commercial Metals leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Commercial Metals 5, American Resources 3, Alpha Metallurgical Resources 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRARECCMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.95B $83.11M $7.27B CMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -42.5x 4.8x 11.1x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 10.2x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -12.9% +56.7% +20.5% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.2% — 7.0% CMC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.9% — 9.8% CMC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 10.4x 2.1x AMR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 3.67% 1.18% AREC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -11.1% -71.7% +11.0% CMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.1%/yr -13.9%/yr +15.0%/yr AMR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.4% 97.1% 36.0% CMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 43/100 61/100 AMR

Percentile Scorecard

AMRARECCMC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMRARECCMC
Valuation 82 #5 of 23 68 #8 of 23 86 #24 of 165
Growth 35 #14 of 21 75 #6 of 21 62 #58 of 150
Profitability 72 #6 of 19 – 61 #48 of 122
Financial Health 73 #7 of 23 27 #17 of 23 23 #128 of 166
Shareholder Returns – 0 #10 of 10 72 #31 of 107
Overall 65 43 61
  • AMR ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • CMC ranked among 177 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMRARECCMCSPY
1 month -10.1%-39.1%+3.7% -2.3%
3 months +11.1%-46.3%-6.1% -0.7%
6 months -16.7%-52.0%-1.7% +4.8%
Year to date -23.0%-56.0%-4.8% +10.3%
1 year -11.1%-71.7%+11.0% +10.3%
3 years -29.9%-21.6%+44.5% +73.0%
3 years, per year -11.2%-7.8%+13.1% +20.1%
5 years +149.2%-52.6%+101.3% +61.9%
5 years, per year +20.1%-13.9%+15.0% +10.1%
10 years ——+320.5% +258.6%
10 years, per year ——+15.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMRARECCMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.4%97.1%36.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.7%94.5%35.7% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.532.851.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.20-0.740.31 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.5%-88.1%-38.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.3%-75.1%-20.8% -3.5%
52-week high $249.65$4.37$83.21 $779.14
52-week low $137.33$1.09$56.52 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMRARECCMC
P/E now vs peer median -42.5xmedian 25.6x 4.8xmedian 25.6x 11.1xmedian 12.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 6.5x -265.7xmedian 6.5x 0.8xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 12.9x -1.7xmedian 12.9x 7.9xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,344xmedian 9.6x 6.7xmedian 9.6x 15.2xmedian 14.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 1.1x 1.5xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.56median 43.77 0.07median 43.77 -1.63median 0.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMRARECCMC
Revenue $2.07B -$312.74K $9.39B
Gross profit $206.89M $956.08K $1.75B
Operating income -$44.78M -$6.29M $854.35M
Net income -$46.07M -$79.01M $655.85M
Free cash flow -$1.45M $12.37M $479.12M
R&D – -$1.22M –
EPS (diluted) $-3.62 $0.20 $5.86
Cash & equivalents $307.60M $31.70M –
Total debt $11.40M $965.29K $3.41B
Shares (diluted) 12.71M 87.27M 111.86M
Enterprise value $374.47M -$966.23K $6.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMRARECCMC
P/E -42.5x 4.8x 11.1x
P/FCF -1,344x 6.7x 15.2x
P/Operating cash flow 14.1x 6.5x 6.9x
P/S 0.9x -265.7x 0.8x
P/B 1.3x 0.9x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 0.9x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA 13.4x -1.7x 7.9x
EV/EBIT -36.3x -1.9x 11.6x
EV/Revenue 0.8x -38.1x 1.1x
EV/FCF -1,119x 1.0x 20.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x 0.9x 9.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.56 0.07 -1.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRARECCMC
Revenue growth (1Y) -12.9% 56.7% 20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -15.8% -26.2% 2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.4% 210.0% 43.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -44.9% -62.3% -1.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -101.5% 47.3% 458.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -26.9% 31.4% -9.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -23.8% -517.7% 674.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -27.0% -279.5% -8.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -27.1% 131.2% 690.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.2% 68.3% -6.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -56.9% 541.6% 48.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -51.0% 71.1% -7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -100.8% 682.1% 53.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.0% 89.3% -13.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRARECCMC
Gross margin 10.0% – 18.6%
EBITDA margin 5.9% – 13.3%
Operating margin -2.2% – 9.1%
Pretax margin -3.4% – 7.6%
Net margin -2.2% – 7.0%
FCF margin -0.1% – 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 6.7% -4,086% 11.3%
Return on equity -3.1% – 14.2%
Return on assets -2.0% 7.7% 6.5%
Return on invested capital -1.9% – 9.8%
Return on capital employed -2.2% -5.1% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.0x -0.2x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% -3,162% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRARECCMC
Debt / assets 0.5% 0.6% 33.2%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 10.4x 2.1x
Debt / FCF -7.8x 0.1x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 33.6% 43.9% 54.2%
Equity / assets 66.4% 56.1% 45.8%
Interest coverage -13.6x – 6.0x
Current ratio 3.4x 2.2x 2.3x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.2x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.3x 1.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.01 -0.68 2.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRARECCMC
Dividend yield – 3.7% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – -91.0% 1.4%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -87.4% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 12.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 17.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMRARECCMC
Forward P/E – – 10.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.44FY2026 $-0.30FY2026 $6.49FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – – -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – – +10.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.26BFY2026 $8.75MFY2026 $9.59BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +17,395.7%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +18.2% +3,730.3% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRARECCMC
Held by institutions 87.7% 31.5% 93.1%
Institutions holding 255 100 522
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% -5.8% +0.2%
Institutions buying 115 67 263
Institutions selling 91 17 176
Buyers to sellers 1.26 3.94 1.49

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMRARECCMC
AMR 1.00 0.31 0.18
AREC 0.31 1.00 0.22
CMC 0.18 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMR, AREC and CMC?

Commercial Metals (CMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) $1.95B, American Resources (AREC) $83.11M, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.27B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMR, AREC and CMC?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -42.5x, American Resources (AREC) 4.8x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 11.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

American Resources (AREC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -12.9%, American Resources (AREC) +56.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Commercial Metals (CMC) has the highest net margin (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -2.2%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 7.0%). On return on invested capital, Commercial Metals (CMC) leads (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -1.9%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 9.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Commercial Metals (CMC) returned the most: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -11.1%, American Resources (AREC) -71.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +11.0%. Over five years, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) compounded fastest (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) +20.1%/yr, American Resources (AREC) -13.9%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +15.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

American Resources (AREC) has the highest dividend yield: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) 0.00%, American Resources (AREC) 3.67%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 1.18%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Commercial Metals (CMC) has been the steadiest (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) 56.4%, American Resources (AREC) 97.1%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 36.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMR, AREC and CMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Commercial Metals (CMC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.