AREC vs ARLP vs HCC Stock Comparison

American Resources, Alliance Resource Partners and Warrior Met Coal Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

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Warrior Met Coal leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Warrior Met Coal 5, Alliance Resource Partners 3, American Resources 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARECARLPHCCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $83.11M $3.40B $4.50B HCC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.8x 5.2x 20.5x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.2x 12.4x ARLP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.7% -1.9% +37.5% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 13.0% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 10.4x — -0.4x HCC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.67% 9.09% 0.38% ARLP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -71.9% +14.5% +32.5% HCC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.7%/yr +16.6%/yr +28.4%/yr HCC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 96.7% 21.0% 51.1% ARLP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 67/100 85/100 HCC

Percentile Scorecard

ARECARLPHCC

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

AxisARECARLPHCC
Valuation 68 #8 of 23 82 #5 of 23 77 #6 of 23
Growth 60 #9 of 21 70 #7 of 21 90 #3 of 21
Profitability – 94 #2 of 18 88 #3 of 18
Financial Health 33 #15 of 22 24 #17 of 22 86 #4 of 22
Shareholder Returns 0 #10 of 10 – –
Overall 40 67 85
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • ARLP ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • HCC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARECARLPHCCSPY
1 month -42.6%+5.0%-4.8% -0.8%
3 months -38.1%+3.0%+5.6% +3.5%
6 months -50.2%+3.7%-2.6% +7.0%
Year to date -56.0%+13.6%-3.4% +12.2%
1 year -71.9%+14.5%+32.5% +13.0%
3 years -20.4%+17.4%+77.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.3%+5.5%+21.0% +23.1%
5 years -52.0%+115.2%+248.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -13.7%+16.6%+28.4% +11.0%
10 years —+13.3%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+1.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureARECARLPHCCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 96.7%21.0%51.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.6%20.0%46.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.84-0.140.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.740.690.64 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-35.1%-45.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -75.1%-8.9%-22.8% -1.8%
52-week high $4.37$28.99$110.28 $779.14
52-week low $1.09$23.10$64.22 $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.

MultipleARECARLPHCC
P/E now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 26.7x 5.2xmedian 26.7x 20.5xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median -265.7xmedian 6.7x 1.5xmedian 6.7x 2.7xmedian 6.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -1.7xmedian 28.0x —median 28.0x 9.8xmedian 28.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 10.1x 8.8xmedian 10.1x -98.5xmedian 10.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x 1.7xmedian 1.2x 2.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 45.36 -1.37median 45.36 -0.92median 45.36

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 monthsARECARLPHCC
Revenue -$312.74K $2.21B $1.68B
Gross profit $956.08K – $540.14M
Operating income -$6.29M $643.77M $229.26M
Net income -$79.01M – $219.33M
Free cash flow $12.37M – -$45.68M
R&D -$1.22M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 $5.10 $4.15
Cash & equivalents $31.70M $84.81M $302.35M
Total debt $8.34M – $154.59M
Shares (diluted) 87.27M 128.66M 52.87M
Enterprise value -$966.23K $3.40B $3.20B

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
MetricARECARLPHCC
P/E 4.8x 5.2x 20.5x
P/FCF 6.7x 8.8x -98.5x
P/Operating cash flow 6.5x 5.2x 14.9x
P/S -265.7x 1.5x 2.7x
P/B 0.9x 1.7x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.7x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA -1.7x – 9.8x
EV/EBIT -1.9x – 18.9x
EV/Revenue -38.1x 1.5x 2.6x
EV/FCF 1.0x – -94.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.9x 5.2x 14.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 -1.37 -0.92

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARECARLPHCC
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.7% -1.9% 37.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -26.2% -5.9% 1.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 210.0% – 86.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -62.3% – -11.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 47.3% 112.2% 808.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.4% -6.1% -24.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -517.7% – 443.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -279.5% – -22.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 131.2% 167.5% 441.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 68.3% -3.8% -22.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 541.6% -3.0% 82.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.1% -12.4% -26.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 682.1% – 83.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 89.3% – -28.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARECARLPHCC
Gross margin – – 32.1%
EBITDA margin – – 26.3%
Operating margin – – 13.6%
Pretax margin – – 13.6%
Net margin – – 13.0%
FCF margin – – -2.7%
Operating cash flow margin -4,086% 29.7% 17.9%
Return on equity – 16.7% 9.8%
Return on assets 7.7% 10.2% 7.7%
Return on invested capital – – 9.2%
Return on capital employed -5.1% – 8.7%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue -3,162% – 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARECARLPHCC
Debt / assets 0.6% – 5.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 10.4x – -0.4x
Debt / FCF 0.1x – -3.4x
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 38.8% 21.0%
Equity / assets 56.1% 61.2% 79.0%
Interest coverage – – 17.1x
Current ratio 2.2x 1.4x 3.9x
Quick ratio 1.2x – 2.5x
Cash ratio 1.2x – 1.4x
Altman Z-score -0.68 – 6.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARECARLPHCC
Dividend yield 3.7% 9.1% 0.4%
Net buyback yield -91.0% – –
Shareholder yield -87.4% 9.1% 0.4%
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.

ConsensusARECARLPHCC
Forward P/E – 10.2xFY2026 12.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.30FY2026 $2.59FY2026 $6.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +7.9%FY2026 +530.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.3% +36.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.75MFY2026 $2.37BFY2026 $2.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17,395.7%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026 +60.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3,730.3% -8.6% +4.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARECARLPHCC
Held by institutions 31.5% 15.2% 96.7%
Institutions holding 99 171 345
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% -11.7% +3.1%
Institutions buying 67 74 188
Institutions selling 17 40 114
Buyers to sellers 3.94 1.85 1.65

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.

ARECARLPHCC
AREC 1.00 0.04 0.32
ARLP 0.04 1.00 0.37
HCC 0.32 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AREC, ARLP and HCC?

Warrior Met Coal (HCC) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Resources (AREC) $83.11M, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) $3.40B, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) $4.50B.

Which stock is cheaper, AREC, ARLP and HCC?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Resources (AREC) 4.8x, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 5.2x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 20.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) is cheapest (Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 10.2x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 12.4x). 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: American Resources (AREC) +56.7%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) -1.9%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +37.5%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warrior Met Coal (HCC) returned the most: American Resources (AREC) -71.9%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) +14.5%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +32.5%. Over five years, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) compounded fastest (American Resources (AREC) -13.7%/yr, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) +16.6%/yr, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +28.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) has the highest dividend yield: American Resources (AREC) 3.67%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 9.09%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 0.38%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) has been the steadiest (American Resources (AREC) 96.7%, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 21.0%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 51.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AREC, ARLP and HCC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 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.