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American Resources Corporation AREC

$1.79 -0.56% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $191.5M

Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 13, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Revenue over the last four quarters was -$1, down 100.0% from a year earlier, slowing from -63.7% a quarter earlier.
  2. The stock is 74% below its highest close of the past year.
  3. The diluted share count rose 10.7% in a year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth1Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 4%
Quality1Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 11%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 6%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 3%
  • Interest coverBottom 6%
Value17Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 1%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 6%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Momentum9Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 17%
  • 6-month returnBottom 13%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 12%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 5%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions93Exceptional

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 35%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 11%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 2%
Stability3Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 10%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-63.7%-100.0%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-100.0%-63.7%↓Bottom 1%
Return on invested capital-5.1%—Bottom 11%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
-0.35×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
45.9%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+5064.9 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
Net cash
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-6.1×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-3.93%
Shareholder yield
-3.93%
Share count change, 1 year
+10.7%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+9.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Dec 31, 2025 (filed May 20, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
3
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-3.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-4.4%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$6.00
Target vs current price
+235.2%
Analysts with a rating
7
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
86%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 31, 2026+27.9%-1.7%+1.3%-23.7%—
May 20, 2026+17.0%+10.3%+19.1%+8.8%+48.5%
Nov 14, 2025+41.7%-8.5%-22.7%-22.1%-12.4%
Aug 19, 2025-100.0%-0.8%+70.1%+113.4%+202.4%
May 28, 2025-80.0%-7.6%+5.9%+26.3%+106.1%
Mar 27, 2025-8.3%-3.7%-19.5%+118.1%+63.4%
Nov 14, 2024-30.0%-15.4%-13.8%+0.0%-49.0%
Aug 19, 2024-28.6%-8.0%-9.4%-19.4%+69.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 31, 2026-$0.06-$0.08+27.9%—
May 20, 2026-$0.06-$0.07+17.0%-$95,349
Nov 14, 2025-$0.07-$0.12+41.7%$50,165
Aug 19, 2025-$0.10-$0.05-100.0%$13.3M
May 28, 2025-$0.09-$0.05-80.0%$31,927
Mar 27, 2025-$0.13-$0.12-8.3%$2.6M
Nov 14, 2024-$0.13-$0.10-30.0%$235,443
Aug 19, 2024-$0.09-$0.07-28.6%$4.1M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)2.9×——Top 1%
Free-cash-flow yield-5.94%——Bottom 17%
Earnings yield34.92%——Top 1%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.4× – 4.8× since Dec 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+3.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-3.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-20.2%
Distance from 200-day average
-28.5%
RSI (14)
31.5
Relative volume
0.72×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
80.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
30th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.27
Correlation with S&P 500
0.12
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-73.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-78.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Feb 9, 2021Apr 8, 2025-94.5%1045 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 7, 2020Nov 11, 2020-50.4%25 days47 days (Jan 21, 2021)
Jan 22, 2021Jan 29, 2021-15.8%5 days2 days (Feb 2, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$191.5M
P/E (TTM)
2.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.63
Revenue (TTM)
-$1
Dividend yield
2.40%
52-week range
$1.48 – $7.11
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$7.8M$39.5M$13.2M$383,234$0
Gross profit-$639,795$14.0M$1.3M-$2.2M-$2,560
Operating income-$28.2M-$19.5M-$36.4M-$33.1M-$11.3M
Net income-$32.5M-$1.4M-$38.5M-$40.1M$55.4M
EPS (diluted)-$0.59-$0.02-$0.15-$0.52$0.63
Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025
Revenue$94,019$4,094$235,443$49,677$31,927$13,256$50,165-$95,349
Net income-$6.9M-$6.6M-$9.2M-$18.3M-$6.7M-$8.7M-$4.4M$77.0M
EPS (diluted)-$0.09-$0.09-$0.12-$0.23-$0.08-$0.10-$0.05$0.86
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow-$29.1M$2.5M-$7.0M-$22.2M-$17.8M
Capital expenditure-$3.1M-$6.1M-$3.6M-$1.1M-$37,294
Free cash flow-$32.2M-$3.5M-$10.6M-$23.3M-$17.8M
Dividends paid$0$0$0-$1.4M$0
Net share buybacks$23.6M-$93,435$0$189,239$75.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$72.2M
Total assets
$168.9M
Total liabilities
$75.7M
Total debt
$8.1M
Net debt
-$23.6M
Shareholders’ equity
$94.8M

As of Dec 31, 2025 (filed May 20, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 14, 2026$0.04Aug 25, 2026

Short interest

Shares sold short
13,752,183
Days to cover
9.11
Change vs previous report
+9.8%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 19, 2017
1-for-30