AREC vs SSL vs NC Stock Comparison

American Resources, Sasol and Nacco Industries Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SSL Sasol Ltd
$17.14 +22.2% 1M +167.4% 1Y
Market cap
$11.21B
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
3 wins
NC Nacco Industries Inc
$34.63 -8.2% 1M -17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$261.18M
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$278.48M
Div. yield
2.95%
Coal Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionARECSSLNCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $89.21M $11.21B $261.18M SSL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.1x 15.0x 15.1x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 5.3x 173.2x SSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.7% — +4.7% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 6.2% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 4.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 10.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.42% 0.00% 2.95% AREC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -66.0% +167.4% -17.6% SSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.8%/yr +0.2%/yr +2.7%/yr NC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 96.8% 54.0% 40.2% NC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 — 75/100 NC

Percentile Scorecard

ARECSSLNC

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

AxisARECSSLNC
Valuation 77 #6 of 23 95 #6 of 99 96 #2 of 23
Growth 60 #9 of 21 – 55 #10 of 21
Profitability – – 82 #4 of 18
Financial Health 33 #15 of 22 50 #52 of 102 62 #9 of 22
Shareholder Returns 0 #10 of 10 – 78 #3 of 10
Overall 43 – 75
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • SSL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • NC 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

PeriodARECSSLNCSPY
1 month -38.4%+22.2%-8.2% -0.2%
3 months -32.0%+56.2%-27.7% +3.9%
6 months -45.6%+30.8%-30.5% +8.2%
Year to date -52.8%+163.3%-29.4% +12.9%
1 year -66.0%+167.4%-17.6% +12.3%
3 years -14.6%+30.7%+1.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -5.1%+9.4%+0.6% +23.3%
5 years -52.4%+1.1%+14.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -13.8%+0.2%+2.7% +10.9%
10 years —-37.8%+108.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-4.6%+7.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARECSSLNCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 96.8%54.0%40.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.6%55.5%41.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.86-0.770.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.683.10-0.44 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-89.4%-57.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -73.2%-4.9%-41.3% -1.2%
52-week high $4.37$18.02$58.99 $779.14
52-week low $1.09$6.00$32.36 $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.

MultipleARECSSLNC
P/E now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 28.4x 15.0xmedian 13.0x 15.1xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median -285.2xmedian 7.3x 0.7xmedian 2.1x 0.9xmedian 7.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.6xmedian 29.2x —median 5.9x —median 29.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 11.0x 3.5xmedian 11.1x -29.1xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 1.5x 0.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 50.46 —median 2.27 -0.79median 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 monthsARECSSLNC
Revenue -$312.74K – $278.48M
Gross profit $956.08K – $51.49M
Operating income -$6.29M – $23.10M
Net income -$79.01M – $17.29M
Free cash flow $12.37M – -$8.96M
R&D -$1.22M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 – $2.29
Cash & equivalents $31.70M $2.64B $45.52M
Total debt $8.34M $6.66B $103.60M
Shares (diluted) 87.27M 642.00M 7.54M
Enterprise value $5.13M $574.22M $60.13M

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
MetricARECSSLNC
P/E 5.1x 15.0x 15.1x
P/FCF 7.2x 3.5x -29.1x
P/Operating cash flow 7.0x – 3.5x
P/S -285.2x 0.7x 0.9x
P/B 0.9x 1.1x 0.6x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.1x 0.6x
EV/EBITDA -2.6x – –
EV/EBIT -2.9x – 13.8x
EV/Revenue -57.6x – 1.1x
EV/FCF 1.5x – -35.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.4x – 4.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 – -0.79

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARECSSLNC
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.7% – 4.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -26.2% – 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 210.0% – 59.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -62.3% – 3.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 47.3% – -26.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.4% – -7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -517.7% – -44.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -279.5% – -19.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 131.2% – -45.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 68.3% – -19.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 541.6% – 194.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.1% – 13.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 682.1% – 54.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 89.3% – -48.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARECSSLNC
Gross margin – – 18.5%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – – 8.3%
Pretax margin – – 4.6%
Net margin – – 6.2%
FCF margin – – -3.2%
Operating cash flow margin -4,086% – 26.7%
Return on equity – – 4.0%
Return on assets 7.7% – 2.5%
Return on invested capital – – 4.3%
Return on capital employed -5.1% – 3.7%
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x – 4.3x
Stock comp / revenue -3,162% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARECSSLNC
Debt / assets 0.6% 30.1% 15.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.6x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 10.4x – –
Debt / FCF 0.1x – -11.6x
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 53.3% 35.6%
Equity / assets 56.1% 46.7% 64.4%
Interest coverage – – 4.3x
Current ratio 2.2x 1.8x 3.3x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.2x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.6x 0.7x
Altman Z-score -0.63 – 2.23

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARECSSLNC
Dividend yield 3.4% – 3.0%
Net buyback yield -84.8% – 0.7%
Shareholder yield -81.4% 0.0% 3.7%
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.

ConsensusARECSSLNC
Forward P/E – 5.3xFY2027 173.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.30FY2026 $3.26FY2027 $0.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +37.0%FY2027 -91.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -24.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.75MFY2026 $16.51BFY2027 $319.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17,395.7%FY2026 -2.3%FY2027 +15.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3,730.3% +7.4% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARECSSLNC
Held by institutions 31.5% 4.7% 35.5%
Institutions holding 99 174 93
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% -7.6% +0.3%
Institutions buying 67 111 45
Institutions selling 17 45 20
Buyers to sellers 3.94 2.47 2.25

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.

ARECSSLNC
AREC 1.00 0.06 0.02
SSL 0.06 1.00 -0.01
NC 0.02 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AREC, SSL and NC?

Sasol (SSL) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Resources (AREC) $89.21M, Sasol (SSL) $11.21B, Nacco Industries (NC) $261.18M.

Which stock is cheaper, AREC, SSL and NC?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Resources (AREC) 5.1x, Sasol (SSL) 15.0x, Nacco Industries (NC) 15.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sasol (SSL) is cheapest (Sasol (SSL) 5.3x, Nacco Industries (NC) 173.2x). 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%, Nacco Industries (NC) +4.7%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sasol (SSL) returned the most: American Resources (AREC) -66.0%, Sasol (SSL) +167.4%, Nacco Industries (NC) -17.6%. Over five years, Nacco Industries (NC) compounded fastest (American Resources (AREC) -13.8%/yr, Sasol (SSL) +0.2%/yr, Nacco Industries (NC) +2.7%/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%, Sasol (SSL) 0.00%, Nacco Industries (NC) 2.95%. Sasol (SSL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nacco Industries (NC) has been the steadiest (American Resources (AREC) 96.8%, Sasol (SSL) 54.0%, Nacco Industries (NC) 40.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sasol (SSL) leads on 3. 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.