BTU vs SSL vs AREC Stock Comparison

Peabody Energy, Sasol and American Resources Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BTU Peabody Energy Corp
$22.36 -12.1% 1M -22.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.84B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.01B
Div. yield
0.01%
Coal Energy
3 wins
SSL Sasol Ltd
$17.42 +24.2% 1M +165.5% 1Y
Market cap
$10.83B
P/E
15.3x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

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

QuestionBTUSSLARECLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.84B $10.83B $89.78M SSL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.6x 15.3x 5.1x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 5.3x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.7% — +56.7% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.6% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -4.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x — 10.4x BTU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.9% +165.5% -71.9% SSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.4%/yr +0.4%/yr -13.7%/yr BTU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.5% 54.1% 96.7% SSL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 — 40/100 BTU

Percentile Scorecard

BTUSSLAREC

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

AxisBTUSSLAREC
Valuation 73 #7 of 23 95 #6 of 99 68 #8 of 23
Growth 30 #15 of 21 – 60 #9 of 21
Profitability 71 #6 of 18 – –
Financial Health 38 #14 of 22 52 #50 of 102 33 #15 of 22
Shareholder Returns – – 0 #10 of 10
Overall 53 – 40
  • BTU ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • SSL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • AREC 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

PeriodBTUSSLARECSPY
1 month -12.1%+24.2%-42.6% -0.8%
3 months -3.2%+52.3%-38.1% +3.5%
6 months -17.4%+36.9%-50.2% +7.0%
Year to date -24.7%+167.6%-56.0% +12.2%
1 year -22.9%+165.5%-71.9% +13.0%
3 years -9.9%+32.9%-20.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -3.4%+9.9%-7.3% +23.1%
5 years +71.3%+2.0%-52.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year +11.4%+0.4%-13.7% +11.0%
10 years —-37.0%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —-4.5%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBTUSSLARECSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.5%54.1%96.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.6%55.7%93.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.40-0.762.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.423.06-0.74 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.3%-89.4%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.4%-3.3%-75.1% -1.8%
52-week high $39.50$18.02$4.37 $779.14
52-week low $20.83$6.00$1.09 $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.

MultipleBTUSSLAREC
P/E now vs peer median -14.9xmedian 26.7x 15.3xmedian 13.5x 4.8xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 6.7x 0.7xmedian 2.1x -265.7xmedian 6.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 28.0x —median 5.9x -1.7xmedian 28.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -16.1xmedian 10.1x 3.6xmedian 11.0x 6.7xmedian 10.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 1.5x 0.9xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.51median 45.36 —median 2.27 0.07median 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 monthsBTUSSLAREC
Revenue $4.01B – -$312.74K
Gross profit – – $956.08K
Operating income -$223.20M – -$6.29M
Net income -$172.30M – -$79.01M
Free cash flow -$169.00M – $12.37M
R&D – – -$1.22M
EPS (diluted) $-1.50 – $0.20
Cash & equivalents $526.30M $2.64B $31.70M
Total debt $339.00M $6.66B $8.34M
Shares (diluted) 122.00M 642.00M 87.27M
Enterprise value $647.03M -$233.82M $7.30M

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
MetricBTUSSLAREC
P/E -14.9x 15.3x 4.8x
P/FCF -16.1x 3.6x 6.7x
P/Operating cash flow 12.3x – 6.5x
P/S 0.7x 0.7x -265.7x
P/B 0.8x 1.1x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 1.1x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 13.2x – -1.7x
EV/EBIT -11.4x – -1.9x
EV/Revenue 0.6x – -38.1x
EV/FCF -15.0x – 1.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.5x – 0.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.51 – 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBTUSSLAREC
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.7% – 56.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -10.5% – -26.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 210.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -62.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -245.2% – 47.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -28.7% – 31.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -207.9% – -517.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -28.3% – -279.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -231.4% – 131.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -29.3% – 68.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -64.7% – 541.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -51.3% – 71.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -174.1% – 682.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -28.1% – 89.3%

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBTUSSLAREC
Debt / assets 6.2% 30.1% 0.6%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.6x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x – 10.4x
Debt / FCF -2.0x – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 39.5% 53.3% 43.9%
Equity / assets 60.5% 46.7% 56.1%
Interest coverage -5.0x – –
Current ratio 2.0x 1.8x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.2x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.6x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 1.85 – -0.68

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBTUSSLAREC
Dividend yield 1.3% – 3.7%
Net buyback yield – – -91.0%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 0.0% -87.4%
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.

ConsensusBTUSSLAREC
Forward P/E – 5.3xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.39FY2026 $3.26FY2027 $-0.30FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +37.0%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – -24.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.54BFY2026 $16.51BFY2027 $8.75MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.5%FY2026 -2.3%FY2027 +17,395.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.0% +7.4% +3,730.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBTUSSLAREC
Held by institutions 91.8% 4.7% 31.5%
Institutions holding 327 174 99
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6% -7.6% -5.8%
Institutions buying 151 111 67
Institutions selling 129 45 17
Buyers to sellers 1.17 2.47 3.94

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.

BTUSSLAREC
BTU 1.00 0.24 0.33
SSL 0.24 1.00 0.06
AREC 0.33 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BTU, SSL and AREC?

Sasol (SSL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Peabody Energy (BTU) $2.84B, Sasol (SSL) $10.83B, American Resources (AREC) $89.78M.

Which stock is cheaper, BTU, SSL and AREC?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Peabody Energy (BTU) -15.6x, Sasol (SSL) 15.3x, American Resources (AREC) 5.1x). 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: Peabody Energy (BTU) -0.7%, American Resources (AREC) +56.7%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sasol (SSL) returned the most: Peabody Energy (BTU) -22.9%, Sasol (SSL) +165.5%, American Resources (AREC) -71.9%. Over five years, Peabody Energy (BTU) compounded fastest (Peabody Energy (BTU) +11.4%/yr, Sasol (SSL) +0.4%/yr, American Resources (AREC) -13.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sasol (SSL) has been the steadiest (Peabody Energy (BTU) 54.5%, Sasol (SSL) 54.1%, American Resources (AREC) 96.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.