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Warrior Met Coal HCC

Energy · Coal Mining
$82.23−4.35% dayMon Nov 2 close

Outside our quality screen, so we don’t track its dips. It’s 25% below its 52-week high.

Outside our quality screen, trading near our fair value estimate, 12% under its Market Value.

Worth knowing

  • Down 26% from its 52-week high while revenue grew 37%

From the data on this page, as of the last close. How we pick these

Outside our quality screenReports Nov 4
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Fair value est.
$74.78−9%
Market Value
$93.50price −12%
Off 52-wk high
−25%
Risk vs market
Lowbeta 0.38

5 bullish · 5 bearish See why

Covered for reference — doesn’t pass our quality screen (market cap $4.3B, under our $20B floor; no positive free cash flow). We show its price, Market Value and DCF, but it never appears in Dips, Top Picks or reversal signals. The screen

Repriced or dip?

Dip: business intact

90/100

The price is 25% below its 52-week high (Jun 2), but the business held up: revenue +14.4%, revenue growth rate +26.4 pts, earnings per share +59.2%.

The evidence 10 numbers, high vs now
  • Revenue, last 12 months$1.5B → $1.7B (+14.4%)held up
  • Revenue growth rate+11.1% → +37.5% a year (+26.4 pts)held up
  • Earnings per share, 12 months$2.61 → $4.15 (+59.2%)held up
  • Free cash flow, 12 months$136M → $250M (+84.1%)held up
  • Operating margin9.7% → 13.6% (+3.9 pts)held up
  • Shares outstanding+0.2% (more shares, each owns less)held up
  • Net cash (cash minus debt)+2.3% of market cap since the highheld up
  • Stock vs its sector (Energy)stock −25%, sector median +4% since Jun 2changed
  • Price fall vs business numbersprice −25%, revenue/EPS/FCF median +59% (shown, not scored)
  • Valuation multipleP/FCF 42.9× at the high → 17.4× now (shown, not scored)

Business numbers as reported at the high (12 months to Mar 31, 2026) vs the latest filing (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). Each measure is scored from −1 (business changed) to +1 (business intact) and weighted: revenue, earnings per share, free cash flow, operating margin, revenue growth rate, share count, net cash and the move vs its sector. 60 or more reads as a dip, 40 or less as a repricing. Analyst estimates are not in our data, so they are not used. How to read it

Data-based read, not advice.

Priced in

How much growth the market assumed at the 52-week high, the low and today (a reverse DCF).

At the high ($110.28, Jun 2) the price assumed about 21%/yr free-cash-flow growth; at the low ($64.82, Nov 4) about 14%; today about 5%. The last 3 years delivered −39%/yr (free cash flow).

  • 52-wk high$110.28+21%
  • 52-wk low$64.82+14%
  • Now$82.23+5%

Dashed line: what the last 3 years delivered, −39%/yr (free cash flow)

HighLowNow
Price$110.28Jun 2$64.82Nov 4$82.23
Implied growth+21%+14%+5%
P/E42.3×84.5×19.8×
P/FCF42.9×29.3×17.4×
EV/Sales3.9×2.6×2.5×

What this means: the higher the implied growth, the more the price already counts on. If today's number sits well below what the business has delivered, the market expects less than its track record.

How it’s computed

Reverse DCF: the same 10-year free-cash-flow model as our fair value estimate (9.5% discount rate, growth for years 1–5 fading to 3% by year 10, 3% after), solved for the growth that makes it equal the market value at each price. For the high and the low we use only the filings that were public on that day, so nothing from a later report leaks back. Market value = that close × diluted shares. P/E = market value / 12-month net income; Price / FCF = market value / 12-month free cash flow; EV / Sales = (market value + debt − cash) / 12-month revenue. Hidden when the share count moved over 20% (split, merger), free cash flow is negative, or the company reports in another currency.

Valuation

What we estimate it's worth, and how it ranks on value vs every stock we cover.

Fair value estimate

How the range is computed

Ten-year free-cash-flow DCF. Same 10-year free-cash-flow model as the base: discount rate 9.5% ±1 point and growth 3.0% ±2 points. Bear = 10.5% and 1.0%; bull = 8.5% and 5.0% (both fade to 3%). A model estimate from public filings, not a forecast of where the price will go.

$74.78−9% vs price
Bear$58.03
Base$74.78
Bull$99.23

Price sits inside the range.

Cyclical / peak cash flow — treat with care

What the price implies To be worth today’s price, HCC’s free cash flow would need to grow about 5% a year for five years; our estimate uses 3%.

Risk vs market

How risk vs market is measured

One year of daily returns (Oct 31 to Nov 2, 252 sessions). Beta = how much HCC moved for each 1% move in the S&P 500 (SPY); 1.0 moves with the market. Volatility is the yearly standard deviation of daily returns. Past behavior, not a forecast.

Low

Moves much less than the market, but its own price swings are 4.1× the S&P 500’s (it moves on its own news).

Beta vs S&P 500
0.38
Volatility
52% vs 13% SPY
Correlation SPY
0.09
Correlation QQQ
0.10

How it ranks

Where HCC stands vs every one of the 1,996 stocks we cover that has the number. Longer bar = better.

Top quarter on 1 of 6 measures

  1. Discount to fair value estimate9% · price above our base case
    Lowest 48%of 1,314
  2. Free cash flow yield5.7% · free cash flow vs market cap
    Top 33%of 1,391
  3. Dividends + buybacks yield0.4% · cash paid out or used to retire shares, vs market cap
    Lowest 24%of 1,836
  4. Revenue growth, last 12 months+37% · vs the 12 months before
    Top 11%of 1,814
  5. Operating margin14% · of sales kept as operating profit
    Top 45%of 1,288
  6. Return on invested capital10% · profit per dollar of capital
    Lowest 50%of 838

From SEC filings and our fair value estimate model. A ranking, not advice.

Valuation details

DCF $74.78 · MV $93.50

How

Market ValueAverage paid since the Aug 5 filing, 62 trading days
$93.50price −12%
Fair value estimateDCF: ten years of free cash flow per share, discounted
$74.789% downside

Cyclical / peak cash flow — treat with care

Assumes 3.0% growth for 5 years (revenue grew -9.0% a year FY22–FY25; floored at 3%), fading to 3%; 9.5% discount rate, 3% terminal growth. FCF base $4.72 a share (trailing 12 months to Jun 30, 2026), from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026. Net cash $148M, not added.

FCF valueTrailing free cash flow is negative
n/a

Fundamentals

The business itself: sales, profits, cash and debt, from SEC filings.

Bull vs bear

Rule-based from the data on this page, strongest first. Not advice.

Top bullish points 5 of 5

  1. GrowthSales grew 37% to $1.7B over the last 12 months vs the 12 months before (SEC filings).

  2. Cash returnsFree cash flow grew 114% over the last 12 months vs the 12 months before.

  3. ValuationFree-cash-flow yield of 5.7% (price / FCF 17.4×): $250M of free cash in the last 12 months.

  4. Balance sheetNet cash of $148M: cash and short-term investments exceed debt (Jun 30, 2026).

  5. ValuationTrades 12.0% below its Market Value of $93.50, the average price paid since the Aug 5 filing.

Top bearish points 5 of 5

  1. ProfitabilityGross margin narrowed to 25.0% in FY2025 from 45.7% in FY2023 (SEC filings).

  2. ProfitabilityOperating margin narrowed to 3.5% in FY2025 from 32.3% in FY2023 (SEC filings).

  3. GrowthDiluted EPS fell 77% to $1.08 in FY2025.

  4. ProfitabilityReturn on equity fell 23 points in two fiscal years, to 3% in FY2025.

  5. QualityDoesn’t pass our quality screen: no positive free cash flow.

All fundamentals

P/E 19.8 · FCF yield 5.7% · ROE 10%

Valuation

P/E
19.8×Energy median 15.9×
Price / FCF
17.4×
FCF yield
5.7%
EV / EBITDA
9.5×
Price / sales
2.59×
Price / book
1.90×
Market cap
$4.3Bprice × diluted shares
Enterprise value
$4.2B

Growth

Revenue, 12 months
$1.7B
Sales growth, 12 months
+37.5%vs the 12 months before
Sales growth, 3 yrs
−9.0%/yrfrom FY2022
Diluted EPS, 12 months
$4.16
EPS growth, last FY
−77.5%
Net income, 12 months
$219M
Net income growth
+444%12 months vs before

Profitability

Gross margin
32.1%
Operating margin
13.6%
Net margin
13.0%
FCF margin
14.8%
Return on equity
10%
Return on invested capital
10%

Balance sheet

Cash & short-term inv.
$302M
Total debt
$155M
Net cash
$148M
Debt / equity
0.07×
Interest coverage
17.1×operating income / interest

Cash flow & returns

Free cash flow, 12 months
$250M
FCF growth, 12 months
+114%
Dividend yield
0.40%$17M paid
Payout ratio
8%
Buybacks, 12 months
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Share count, 1 year
+0.5%diluted shares vs a year ago
Stock-based comp
$22M

Trailing 12 months to Jun 30, 2026; balance sheet at Jun 30, 2026. From Warrior Met Coal’s SEC filings. Sparklines show up to six fiscal years. n/a means we don’t hold that number, with the reason. How each is computed.

The business

FCF $-0.1B · Sales +71%
  • Free cash flow, 12 months−$0.1B
  • Free-cash-flow yield5.7%
  • Free-cash-flow margin−3%
  • Gross margin31%
  • Operating margin18%
  • Return on invested capital11%
  • Return on equity10%
  • Sales growth (latest quarter vs year-ago quarter)+71%
  • Net debt / EBITDA−0.2×

Chart & levels

Where the price is vs its key levels and trends.

$80$100Jan ’26AprJulOctMV $93.50
Fair value est.Market ValueDrag across the chart to see any day

Key levels

Every level vs today’s $82.23

  1. 52-wk lowlowest close, 1 year$64.82−21.2%
  2. Fair value est.base case$74.78−9.1%
  3. PriceMon Nov 2 close$82.23you are here
  4. Market Valueavg paid since Aug 5$93.50+13.7%
  5. 52-wk highhighest close, 1 year$110.28+34.1%

Momentum & 52-week range

RSI 38 · 5 days −3.5%
$82.23nowMV
52-wk low $64.82high $110.28
Off 52-wk high−25.4%
5 days−3.5%
vs 50-day avg−12.0%
vs 200-day avg−8.6%
RSI (14), last close38
Market cap$4B

Signals

Reversal signal setups, the public ledger and the next earnings date.

Setup & signals

No setup armed

All setups

No setup armed, so there’s no trigger or stop to track yet. Reversal signal rules only run on companies that pass our quality screen.

Next report

Nov 4

Calendar

  • DateWed Nov 4, after the close
  • Consensus EPS$1.71
  • Year-ago EPS$0.70
  • QuarterSep/2026

From Nasdaq’s earnings calendar. A report resets Market Value.

HCC is outside our quality screen

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Voices & buzz

Who is talking about it, and how it compares with peers.

Who’s talking about it

Notable investors, executives, analysts and public figures on Warrior Met Coal in the last 48 hours. Headlines as published, each linked. Their words, not ours.

No notable mentions in the last 48 hours. Checked Nov 3, 1:01 PM ET.

Compare with peers

Closest in size in Coal Mining

Information only, not investment advice. Fair value estimates and talking points are rule-based model output from public data and can be wrong; stop levels are reference points, not orders. How every number is computed.