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Coal

The 11 companies in this industry listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq are worth $21 bn combined; the largest are Core Natural Resources, Inc. (CNR), WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. (HCC) and Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP). For each one: what it does, revenue, margin, free cash flow over the last five years and a score from 0 to 10.

Data as of October 2026

Evenly matched
11 companies value 21 bn revenue 17 bn margin 1.4% free cash flow 0.8 bn avg. score 4.1
HCC holds 21.2% of the group's value, 1.0x the runner-up · BTU leads the industry without being the largest
Rank Ticker Company Share Value Revenue Margin FCF 5 years FCF/px Yield What it does · why it is here
1 CNR Core Natural Resources, Inc.
United States · score 5.8
21% 4.5 bn 4.3 bn 2.3% 0.3 bn 5.8% 0.5% Production and export of metallurgical and thermal coal · Pennsylvania — revenue of $4.3bn
2 HCC WARRIOR MET COAL, INC.
United States · score 6.7
21% 4.5 bn 1.7 bn 13.0% 0.3 bn 6.7% 0.4% Metallurgical coal for steelmaking, from Alabama · Alabama — revenue of $1.7bn
3 ARLP Alliance Resource Partners
United States · score 6.8
16% 3.3 bn 2.2 bn 12.3% 0.4 bn 10.8% — Coal mining in the Illinois Basin and Appalachia · Thermal coal with long contracts and high distributions
4 BTU Peabody Energy
United States · score 0.8
14% 2.9 bn 4.0 bn -4.1% -0.2 bn -6.6% 1.3% Metallurgical and thermal coal mining · Largest US coal miner; a sector in structural decline, but with high cash generation in the cycle
5 AMR Alpha Metallurgical Resources
United States · score 1.8
10% 2.0 bn 2.1 bn -2.2% 0.0 bn -0.1% 0.0% Metallurgical coal for steelmaking · Focused on metallurgical coal (for steelmaking), not thermal coal
6 NRP NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LP
United States · score 7.3
7% 1.5 bn — — 0.2 bn 10.6% — Royalties on coal, minerals and soda ash · Texas
7 SXC SunCoke Energy, Inc.
United States · score 2.6
4% 0.9 bn 1.9 bn -2.9% 0.0 bn 3.3% 4.7% Largest independent coke producer in the Americas, for 65 years · Illinois — revenue of $1.9bn
8 WHK WhiteHawk Minerals Corp.
United States · score 3.7
3% 0.7 bn 0.1 bn -36.6% 0.0 bn 3.5% 1.8% Mineral and metallurgical coal royalties · Pennsylvania — revenue of $97m
9 METC Ramaco Resources, Inc.
United States · score 0.2
2% 0.5 bn 0.5 bn -12.0% -0.1 bn -23.6% 0.9% Metallurgical coal and critical minerals · Kentucky — revenue of $515m
10 NC NACCO INDUSTRIES INC
United States · score 6.5
1% 0.2 bn 0.3 bn 6.2% 0.0 bn 10.4% 3.1% Coal mining, contract mining and mineral royalties · Ohio — revenue of $278m
11 AREC American Resources Corp
United States · score 2.7
1% 0.1 bn 0.0 bn — -0.0 bn -11.7% — Coal and critical minerals mining · Indiana

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