AREC vs BTU vs PKX Stock Comparison

American Resources, Peabody Energy and Posco Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BTU Peabody Energy Corp
$23.32 -8.3% 1M -17.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.74B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.01B
Div. yield
0.01%
Coal Energy
2 wins
PKX Posco Holdings Inc.
$52.01 -8.6% 1M -7.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.94B
P/E
4.2x
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, Peabody Energy 2, American Resources 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARECBTUPKXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $93.66M $2.74B $3.94B PKX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.3x -15.0x 4.2x PKX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 10.6x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.7% -0.7% -27.8% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -4.6% 2.5% PKX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -4.6% 3.0% PKX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -1.0x — BTU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -66.0% -17.7% -7.5% PKX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.8%/yr +14.2%/yr -4.2%/yr BTU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 96.8% 54.6% 45.0% PKX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 52/100 68/100 PKX

Percentile Scorecard

ARECBTUPKX

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

AxisARECBTUPKX
Valuation 77 #6 of 23 68 #8 of 23 88 #21 of 162
Growth 60 #9 of 21 30 #15 of 21 38 #91 of 147
Profitability – 71 #6 of 18 51 #60 of 122
Financial Health 33 #15 of 22 38 #14 of 22 79 #36 of 164
Shareholder Returns 0 #10 of 10 – 86 #16 of 107
Overall 43 52 68
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • BTU ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • PKX ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARECBTUPKXSPY
1 month -38.4%-8.3%-8.6% -0.2%
3 months -32.0%+0.3%+1.5% +3.9%
6 months -45.6%-13.3%-31.6% +8.2%
Year to date -52.8%-21.5%-2.3% +12.9%
1 year -66.0%-17.7%-7.5% +12.3%
3 years -14.6%-6.0%-33.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -5.1%-2.1%-12.6% +23.3%
5 years -52.4%+94.0%-19.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -13.8%+14.2%-4.2% +10.9%
10 years ——+0.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+0.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARECBTUPKXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 96.8%54.6%45.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.6%55.6%43.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.860.411.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.68-0.33-0.17 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-68.3%-69.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -73.2%-41.0%-43.3% -1.2%
52-week high $4.37$39.50$91.72 $779.14
52-week low $1.09$20.83$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.

MultipleARECBTUPKX
P/E now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 28.4x -15.6xmedian 28.4x 4.2xmedian 13.3x
P/S now vs peer median -285.2xmedian 7.3x 0.7xmedian 7.3x 0.1xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.6xmedian 29.2x 13.8xmedian 29.2x —median 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 11.0x -16.8xmedian 11.0x -0.9xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x 0.9xmedian 1.2x 0.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 50.46 0.53median 50.46 -16.14median 0.31

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 monthsARECBTUPKX
Revenue -$312.74K $4.01B $37.16B
Gross profit $956.08K – $3.86B
Operating income -$6.29M -$223.20M $1.39B
Net income -$79.01M -$172.30M $1.47B
Free cash flow $12.37M -$169.00M -$4.45B
R&D -$1.22M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 $-1.50 $12.52
Cash & equivalents $31.70M $526.30M –
Total debt $8.34M $339.00M $749.60M
Shares (diluted) 87.27M 122.00M 75.62M
Enterprise value $11.17M $540.28M $3.94B

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
MetricARECBTUPKX
P/E 5.1x -15.6x 4.2x
P/FCF 7.2x -16.8x -0.9x
P/Operating cash flow 7.0x 12.8x –
P/S -285.2x 0.7x 0.1x
P/B 0.9x 0.9x 0.1x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 0.9x 0.1x
EV/EBITDA -2.6x 13.8x –
EV/EBIT -2.9x -11.9x 3.4x
EV/Revenue -57.6x 0.7x 0.1x
EV/FCF 1.5x -15.7x -1.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.4x 12.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 0.53 -16.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARECBTUPKX
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.7% -0.7% -27.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -26.2% -10.5% -15.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 210.0% – 0.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -62.3% – -2.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 47.3% -245.2% 49.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.4% -28.7% -38.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -517.7% -207.9% 297.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -279.5% -28.3% 7.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 131.2% -231.4% 163.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 68.3% -29.3% -0.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 541.6% -64.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.1% -51.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 682.1% -174.1% 27.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 89.3% -28.1% -34.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARECBTUPKX
Gross margin – – 10.4%
EBITDA margin – 4.8% –
Operating margin – -5.6% 3.7%
Pretax margin – -5.3% 3.5%
Net margin – -4.6% 2.5%
FCF margin – -4.2% -12.0%
Operating cash flow margin -4,086% 5.5% –
Return on equity – -4.9% 3.4%
Return on assets 7.7% -3.0% 3.1%
Return on invested capital – -4.6% 3.0%
Return on capital employed -5.1% -4.7% 4.1%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x -1.3x –
Stock comp / revenue -3,162% 0.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARECBTUPKX
Debt / assets 0.6% 6.2% 2.2%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -1.0x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x -2.0x -0.2x
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 39.5% 7.7%
Equity / assets 56.1% 60.5% 92.3%
Interest coverage – -5.0x 0.5x
Current ratio 2.2x 2.0x –
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.1x –
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.7x –
Altman Z-score -0.63 1.88 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARECBTUPKX
Dividend yield 3.4% 1.2% 3.0%
Net buyback yield -84.8% – –
Shareholder yield -81.4% 1.2% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -21.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -21.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 50.1% –

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.

ConsensusARECBTUPKX
Forward P/E – – 10.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.30FY2026 $-0.39FY2026 $4.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +245.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +14.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.75MFY2026 $4.54BFY2026 $52.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17,395.7%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3,730.3% +8.0% +3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARECBTUPKX
Held by institutions 31.5% 91.8% 17.7%
Institutions holding 99 327 181
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% -1.6% +38.2%
Institutions buying 67 151 131
Institutions selling 17 129 30
Buyers to sellers 3.94 1.17 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.

ARECBTUPKX
AREC 1.00 0.34 0.17
BTU 0.34 1.00 0.10
PKX 0.17 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AREC, BTU and PKX?

Posco Holdings (PKX) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Resources (AREC) $93.66M, Peabody Energy (BTU) $2.74B, Posco Holdings (PKX) $3.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, AREC, BTU and PKX?

Posco Holdings (PKX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Resources (AREC) 5.3x, Peabody Energy (BTU) -15.0x, Posco Holdings (PKX) 4.2x). 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%, Peabody Energy (BTU) -0.7%, Posco Holdings (PKX) -27.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Posco Holdings (PKX) has the highest net margin (Peabody Energy (BTU) -4.6%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 2.5%). On return on invested capital, Posco Holdings (PKX) leads (Peabody Energy (BTU) -4.6%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 3.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Posco Holdings (PKX) returned the most: American Resources (AREC) -66.0%, Peabody Energy (BTU) -17.7%, Posco Holdings (PKX) -7.5%. Over five years, Peabody Energy (BTU) compounded fastest (American Resources (AREC) -13.8%/yr, Peabody Energy (BTU) +14.2%/yr, Posco Holdings (PKX) -4.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: American Resources (AREC) 0.00%, Peabody Energy (BTU) 0.01%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 0.00%. American Resources (AREC) and Posco Holdings (PKX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Posco Holdings (PKX) has been the steadiest (American Resources (AREC) 96.8%, Peabody Energy (BTU) 54.6%, Posco Holdings (PKX) 45.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AREC, BTU 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.