AMR vs AREC vs PKX Stock Comparison

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, American Resources and Posco Holdings Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PKX Posco Holdings Inc.
$51.34 -10.8% 1M -6.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.88B
P/E
4.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.16B
Div. yield
–
Steel Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Posco Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Posco Holdings 7, Alpha Metallurgical Resources 2, American Resources 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRARECPKXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.86B $78.96M $3.88B PKX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -40.5x 4.5x 4.1x PKX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 10.1x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -12.9% +56.7% -27.8% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.2% — 2.5% PKX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.9% — 3.0% PKX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 10.4x 0.1x AMR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -11.1% -71.7% -6.0% PKX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.1%/yr -13.9%/yr -4.2%/yr AMR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.4% 97.1% 45.1% PKX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 43/100 67/100 PKX

Percentile Scorecard

AMRARECPKX

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

AxisAMRARECPKX
Valuation 82 #5 of 23 68 #8 of 23 95 #10 of 165
Growth 35 #14 of 21 75 #6 of 21 30 #106 of 150
Profitability 72 #6 of 19 – 51 #60 of 122
Financial Health 73 #7 of 23 27 #17 of 23 74 #44 of 166
Shareholder Returns – 0 #10 of 10 85 #17 of 107
Overall 65 43 67
  • AMR ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • PKX 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

PeriodAMRARECPKXSPY
1 month -10.1%-39.1%-10.8% -2.3%
3 months +11.1%-46.3%-3.0% -0.7%
6 months -16.7%-52.0%-37.5% +4.8%
Year to date -23.0%-56.0%-3.5% +10.3%
1 year -11.1%-71.7%-6.0% +10.3%
3 years -29.9%-21.6%-38.5% +73.0%
3 years, per year -11.2%-7.8%-15.0% +20.1%
5 years +149.2%-52.6%-19.1% +61.9%
5 years, per year +20.1%-13.9%-4.2% +10.1%
10 years ——+0.6% +258.6%
10 years, per year ——+0.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMRARECPKXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.4%97.1%45.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.7%94.5%43.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.532.851.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.20-0.74-0.13 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.5%-88.1%-69.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.3%-75.1%-44.0% -3.5%
52-week high $249.65$4.37$91.72 $779.14
52-week low $137.33$1.09$48.69 $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.

MultipleAMRARECPKX
P/E now vs peer median -42.5xmedian 25.6x 4.8xmedian 25.6x 4.1xmedian 12.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 6.5x -265.7xmedian 6.5x 0.1xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 12.9x -1.7xmedian 12.9x 0.8xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,344xmedian 9.6x 6.7xmedian 9.6x -1.6xmedian 14.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 1.1x 0.1xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.56median 43.77 0.07median 43.77 -15.93median 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 monthsAMRARECPKX
Revenue $2.07B -$312.74K $37.16B
Gross profit $206.89M $956.08K $3.86B
Operating income -$44.78M -$6.29M $1.39B
Net income -$46.07M -$79.01M $963.42M
Free cash flow -$1.45M $12.37M -$2.50B
R&D – -$1.22M –
EPS (diluted) $-3.62 $0.20 $12.52
Cash & equivalents $307.60M $31.70M –
Total debt $11.40M $965.29K $749.60M
Shares (diluted) 12.71M 87.27M 75.62M
Enterprise value $285.57M -$3.53M $3.88B

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
MetricAMRARECPKX
P/E -42.5x 4.8x 4.1x
P/FCF -1,344x 6.7x -1.6x
P/Operating cash flow 14.1x 6.5x 2.0x
P/S 0.9x -265.7x 0.1x
P/B 1.3x 0.9x 0.1x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 0.9x 0.1x
EV/EBITDA 13.4x -1.7x 0.8x
EV/EBIT -36.3x -1.9x 3.3x
EV/Revenue 0.8x -38.1x 0.1x
EV/FCF -1,119x 1.0x -1.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x 0.9x 2.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.56 0.07 -15.93

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRARECPKX
Revenue growth (1Y) -12.9% 56.7% -27.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -15.8% -26.2% -15.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.4% 210.0% 0.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -44.9% -62.3% -2.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -101.5% 47.3% 49.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -26.9% 31.4% -38.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -23.8% -517.7% 395.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -27.0% -279.5% -6.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -27.1% 131.2% 163.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.2% 68.3% -0.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -56.9% 541.6% -54.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -51.0% 71.1% -22.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -100.8% 682.1% -38.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.0% 89.3% -316.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRARECPKX
Gross margin 10.0% – 10.4%
EBITDA margin 5.9% – 14.7%
Operating margin -2.2% – 3.7%
Pretax margin -3.4% – 3.5%
Net margin -2.2% – 2.5%
FCF margin -0.1% – -6.7%
Operating cash flow margin 6.7% -4,086% 5.3%
Return on equity -3.1% – 3.4%
Return on assets -2.0% 7.7% 3.1%
Return on invested capital -1.9% – 3.0%
Return on capital employed -2.2% -5.1% 4.1%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.0x -0.2x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% -3,162% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRARECPKX
Debt / assets 0.5% 0.6% 2.2%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 10.4x 0.1x
Debt / FCF -7.8x 0.1x -0.3x
Liabilities / assets 33.6% 43.9% 7.7%
Equity / assets 66.4% 56.1% 92.3%
Interest coverage -13.6x – 0.5x
Current ratio 3.4x 2.2x –
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.2x –
Cash ratio 1.3x 1.2x –
Altman Z-score 4.01 -0.68 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRARECPKX
Dividend yield – 3.7% 3.0%
Net buyback yield – -91.0% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% -87.4% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusAMRARECPKX
Forward P/E – – 10.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.44FY2026 $-0.30FY2026 $4.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +245.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +14.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.26BFY2026 $8.75MFY2026 $52.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +17,395.7%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.2% +3,730.3% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRARECPKX
Held by institutions 87.7% 31.5% 17.7%
Institutions holding 255 100 181
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% -5.8% +38.2%
Institutions buying 115 67 131
Institutions selling 91 17 30
Buyers to sellers 1.26 3.94 4.37

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.

AMRARECPKX
AMR 1.00 0.31 0.15
AREC 0.31 1.00 0.16
PKX 0.15 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMR, AREC and PKX?

Posco Holdings (PKX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) $1.86B, American Resources (AREC) $78.96M, Posco Holdings (PKX) $3.88B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMR, AREC and PKX?

Posco Holdings (PKX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -40.5x, American Resources (AREC) 4.5x, Posco Holdings (PKX) 4.1x). 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%, Posco Holdings (PKX) -27.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Posco Holdings (PKX) has the highest net margin (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -2.2%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 2.5%). On return on invested capital, Posco Holdings (PKX) leads (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -1.9%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 3.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Posco Holdings (PKX) returned the most: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -11.1%, American Resources (AREC) -71.7%, Posco Holdings (PKX) -6.0%. Over five years, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) compounded fastest (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) +20.1%/yr, American Resources (AREC) -13.9%/yr, Posco Holdings (PKX) -4.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Posco Holdings (PKX) has been the steadiest (Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) 56.4%, American Resources (AREC) 97.1%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 45.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Posco Holdings (PKX) leads on 7. 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.