AREC vs HCC vs SSL Stock Comparison

American Resources, Warrior Met Coal and Sasol Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SSL Sasol Ltd
$18.02 +26.2% 1M +177.7% 1Y
Market cap
$11.02B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Warrior Met Coal leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Warrior Met Coal 4, Sasol 3, American Resources 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARECHCCSSLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $84.75M $4.51B $11.02B SSL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.8x 20.5x 15.8x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.5x 5.5x SSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.7% +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 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -68.6% +36.8% +177.7% SSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.1%/yr +27.6%/yr +0.3%/yr HCC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 97.4% 51.1% 53.9% HCC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 85/100 — HCC

Percentile Scorecard

ARECHCCSSL

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

AxisARECHCCSSL
Valuation 82 #5 of 23 73 #7 of 23 93 #8 of 99
Growth 75 #6 of 21 90 #3 of 21 –
Profitability – 89 #3 of 19 –
Financial Health 27 #17 of 23 86 #4 of 23 52 #50 of 102
Shareholder Returns 0 #10 of 10 – –
Overall 46 85 –
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • HCC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • SSL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARECHCCSSLSPY
1 month -39.4%-5.0%+26.2% -1.0%
3 months -34.5%+7.1%+52.2% +2.9%
6 months -46.7%-1.0%+40.0% +6.4%
Year to date -54.0%-2.7%+176.8% +11.4%
1 year -68.6%+36.8%+177.7% +13.1%
3 years -19.1%+81.4%+37.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year -6.8%+22.0%+11.2% +21.5%
5 years -56.0%+237.7%+1.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year -15.1%+27.6%+0.3% +10.9%
10 years ——-36.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——-4.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureARECHCCSSLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 97.4%51.1%53.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 94.8%47.0%55.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.790.41-0.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.700.723.29 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-45.6%-89.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -73.9%-22.2%0.0% -2.5%
52-week high $4.37$110.28$18.02 $779.14
52-week low $1.10$62.70$6.00 $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.

MultipleARECHCCSSL
P/E now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 26.9x 20.7xmedian 26.9x 15.8xmedian 13.1x
P/S now vs peer median -277.9xmedian 6.7x 2.7xmedian 6.7x 0.7xmedian 2.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 11.7x 9.9xmedian 11.7x —median 5.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 10.2x -99.2xmedian 10.2x 3.7xmedian 11.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x 2.0xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 47.24 -0.92median 47.24 —median 2.24

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 monthsARECHCCSSL
Revenue -$312.74K $1.68B –
Gross profit $956.08K $540.14M –
Operating income -$6.29M $229.26M –
Net income -$79.01M $219.33M –
Free cash flow $12.37M -$45.68M –
R&D -$1.22M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 $4.15 –
Cash & equivalents $31.70M $302.35M $2.64B
Total debt $8.34M $617.35M $6.66B
Shares (diluted) 87.27M 52.87M 642.00M
Enterprise value $2.27M $3.21B -$37.93M

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
MetricARECHCCSSL
P/E 5.0x 20.7x 15.8x
P/FCF 7.0x -99.2x 3.7x
P/Operating cash flow 6.8x 15.0x –
P/S -277.9x 2.7x 0.7x
P/B 0.9x 2.0x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 2.0x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA -2.3x 9.9x –
EV/EBIT -2.5x 19.0x –
EV/Revenue -50.2x 2.6x –
EV/FCF 1.3x -95.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 1.2x 14.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 -0.92 –

Growth

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

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARECHCCSSL
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% 17.9% –
Return on equity – 9.8% –
Return on assets 7.7% 7.7% –
Return on invested capital – 9.2% –
Return on capital employed -5.1% 8.7% –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.6x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue -3,162% 1.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARECHCCSSL
Debt / assets 0.6% 5.3% 30.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -0.4x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x -3.4x –
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 21.0% 53.3%
Equity / assets 56.1% 79.0% 46.7%
Interest coverage – 17.1x –
Current ratio 2.2x 3.9x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.2x 2.5x 1.2x
Cash ratio 1.2x 1.4x 0.6x
Altman Z-score -0.65 6.56 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARECHCCSSL
Dividend yield 3.5% 0.4% –
Net buyback yield -87.0% – –
Shareholder yield -83.5% 0.4% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusARECHCCSSL
Forward P/E – 12.5xFY2026 5.5xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.30FY2026 $6.87FY2026 $3.26FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +530.3%FY2026 +37.0%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +36.8% -24.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.75MFY2026 $2.11BFY2026 $16.57BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +17,395.7%FY2026 +60.9%FY2026 -2.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +3,730.3% +4.6% +7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARECHCCSSL
Held by institutions 31.5% 96.7% 4.7%
Institutions holding 99 345 174
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% +3.1% -7.6%
Institutions buying 67 188 111
Institutions selling 17 114 45
Buyers to sellers 3.94 1.65 2.47

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.

ARECHCCSSL
AREC 1.00 0.31 0.06
HCC 0.31 1.00 0.21
SSL 0.06 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AREC, HCC and SSL?

Sasol (SSL) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Resources (AREC) $84.75M, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) $4.51B, Sasol (SSL) $11.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, AREC, HCC and SSL?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Resources (AREC) 4.8x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 20.5x, Sasol (SSL) 15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sasol (SSL) is cheapest (Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 12.5x, Sasol (SSL) 5.5x). 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%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +37.5%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sasol (SSL) returned the most: American Resources (AREC) -68.6%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +36.8%, Sasol (SSL) +177.7%. Over five years, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) compounded fastest (American Resources (AREC) -15.1%/yr, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +27.6%/yr, Sasol (SSL) +0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) has been the steadiest (American Resources (AREC) 97.4%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 51.1%, Sasol (SSL) 53.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.