AREC vs CMC vs AMR Stock Comparison

American Resources, Commercial Metals and Alpha Metallurgical Resources Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$63.63 -3.2% 1M +5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$7.02B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
1.19%
Steel Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Commercial Metals leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Commercial Metals 5, American Resources 3, Alpha Metallurgical Resources 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARECCMCAMRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $89.21M $7.02B $2.14B CMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.1x 10.8x -43.1x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 9.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.7% +20.5% — AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.0% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -79.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -0.4x — CMC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.42% 1.19% 0.00% AREC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -66.0% +5.3% +2.7% CMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.8%/yr +14.8%/yr +21.9%/yr AMR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 96.8% 35.6% 56.8% CMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 54/100 — CMC

Percentile Scorecard

ARECCMCAMR

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

AxisARECCMCAMR
Valuation 77 #6 of 23 76 #39 of 162 100 #1 of 23
Growth 60 #9 of 21 53 #69 of 147 80 #5 of 21
Profitability – 50 #61 of 122 –
Financial Health 33 #15 of 22 18 #135 of 164 –
Shareholder Returns 0 #10 of 10 73 #30 of 107 –
Overall 43 54 –
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • CMC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AMR 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

PeriodARECCMCAMRSPY
1 month -38.4%-3.2%-3.3% -0.2%
3 months -32.0%-9.7%+16.4% +3.9%
6 months -45.6%-7.7%-13.6% +8.2%
Year to date -52.8%-8.1%-15.5% +12.9%
1 year -66.0%+5.3%+2.7% +12.3%
3 years -14.6%+52.2%-23.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year -5.1%+15.0%-8.5% +23.3%
5 years -52.4%+99.0%+169.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -13.8%+14.8%+21.9% +10.9%
10 years —+302.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+14.9%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARECCMCAMRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 96.8%35.6%56.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.6%35.3%54.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.861.370.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.680.150.05 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-38.1%-77.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -73.2%-23.5%-32.4% -1.2%
52-week high $4.37$83.21$249.65 $779.14
52-week low $1.09$56.52$137.33 $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.

MultipleARECCMCAMR
P/E now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 28.4x 10.8xmedian 13.3x -43.1xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median -285.2xmedian 7.3x 0.7xmedian 3.2x 1.0xmedian 7.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.6xmedian 29.2x -1.5xmedian 7.3x —median 29.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 11.0x 14.7xmedian 14.7x -1,449xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x 1.5xmedian 2.2x —median 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 50.46 -1.57median 0.31 1.57median 50.46

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 monthsARECCMCAMR
Revenue -$312.74K $9.39B –
Gross profit $956.08K $1.75B –
Operating income -$6.29M -$6.93B –
Net income -$79.01M $655.85M –
Free cash flow $12.37M $479.12M –
R&D -$1.22M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 $5.86 $-3.92
Cash & equivalents $31.70M – –
Total debt $8.34M $3.41B –
Shares (diluted) 87.27M 111.86M 12.71M
Enterprise value $5.13M $6.24B $2.14B

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
MetricARECCMCAMR
P/E 5.1x 10.8x -43.1x
P/FCF 7.2x 14.7x -1,449x
P/Operating cash flow 7.0x 6.6x 3.3x
P/S -285.2x 0.7x 1.0x
P/B 0.9x 1.5x –
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.6x –
EV/EBITDA -2.6x -1.5x –
EV/EBIT -2.9x -1.4x –
EV/Revenue -57.6x 1.0x –
EV/FCF 1.5x 20.1x –
EV/Operating cash flow 1.4x 9.1x 3.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 -1.57 1.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARECCMCAMR
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.7% 20.5% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -26.2% 2.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 210.0% 43.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -62.3% -1.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 47.3% -7.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.4% -5.7% –
Net income growth (1Y) -517.7% 674.7% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -279.5% -8.6% –
EPS growth (1Y) 131.2% 690.1% -9.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 68.3% -6.8% -27.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 541.6% 48.1% 255.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.1% -7.6% -8.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 682.1% 53.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 89.3% -13.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARECCMCAMR
Gross margin – 18.6% –
EBITDA margin – -69.6% –
Operating margin – -73.8% –
Pretax margin – 7.6% –
Net margin – 7.0% –
FCF margin – 5.1% –
Operating cash flow margin -4,086% 11.3% –
Return on equity – 14.2% –
Return on assets 7.7% 6.5% –
Return on invested capital – -79.6% –
Return on capital employed -5.1% -82.5% –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.9x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x 1.6x –
Stock comp / revenue -3,162% 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARECCMCAMR
Debt / assets 0.6% 33.2% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -0.4x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 7.1x –
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 54.2% –
Equity / assets 56.1% 45.8% –
Interest coverage – -48.4x –
Current ratio 2.2x 2.3x –
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.4x –
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.5x –
Altman Z-score -0.63 0.39 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARECCMCAMR
Dividend yield 3.4% 1.2% –
Net buyback yield -84.8% 1.5% –
Shareholder yield -81.4% 2.7% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusARECCMCAMR
Forward P/E – 9.8xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.30FY2026 $6.49FY2027 $-1.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -4.8%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – +10.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.75MFY2026 $9.59BFY2027 $2.26BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17,395.7%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027 +6.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3,730.3% +4.9% +18.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARECCMCAMR
Held by institutions 31.5% 93.1% 87.7%
Institutions holding 99 520 255
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% +0.2% -1.2%
Institutions buying 67 262 115
Institutions selling 17 175 91
Buyers to sellers 3.94 1.50 1.26

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.

ARECCMCAMR
AREC 1.00 0.23 0.32
CMC 0.23 1.00 0.19
AMR 0.32 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AREC, CMC and AMR?

Commercial Metals (CMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Resources (AREC) $89.21M, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.02B, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) $2.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, AREC, CMC and AMR?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Resources (AREC) 5.1x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 10.8x, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) -43.1x). 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: American Resources (AREC) +56.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Commercial Metals (CMC) returned the most: American Resources (AREC) -66.0%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +5.3%, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) +2.7%. Over five years, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) compounded fastest (American Resources (AREC) -13.8%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +14.8%/yr, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) +21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

American Resources (AREC) has the highest dividend yield: American Resources (AREC) 3.42%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 1.19%, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) 0.00%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Commercial Metals (CMC) has been the steadiest (American Resources (AREC) 96.8%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 35.6%, Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) 56.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.