Warrior Met Coal (HCC): Reassessing Valuation After Global Steel Demand Fuels a Sharp Share Price Rally

Warrior Met Coal (HCC) is climbing as global steel producers in Europe, South America, and Asia scramble for more metallurgical coal. That demand spike is reshaping how investors are thinking about the stock.

See our latest analysis for Warrior Met Coal.

That demand story has clearly filtered into the market, with Warrior Met Coal’s share price up 27.45 percent over the last month and a hefty 51.74 percent year to date. Its five year total shareholder return of 340.81 percent shows momentum has been building for much longer.

If this kind of cyclical upswing has your attention, it could be a good moment to explore aerospace and defense stocks for other economically sensitive plays riding global spending trends.

Yet with shares already near analyst targets but still trading at a steep discount to some intrinsic value estimates, investors face a key question: Is Warrior Met Coal still a buying opportunity, or is future growth already priced in?

Most Popular Narrative: 2.2% Overvalued

With Warrior Met Coal closing at $82.61 versus a most popular narrative fair value of about $80.83, expectations and price have nearly converged, putting the focus squarely on the assumptions underneath.

The ahead of schedule and on budget launch of the Blue Creek longwall in early Q1 2026 accelerates Warrior Met Coal's transition from capital investment to higher volume revenue generation, unlocking increased production capacity and lower cost, higher quality tons. This positions the company to grow both revenues and net margins as volumes ramp and cost efficiencies are realized.

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Want to see how aggressive revenue growth, a margin reset, and a much lower future earnings multiple can still line up into one tight fair value story?

Result: Fair Value of $80.83 (OVERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, that story could unravel if global steel demand stays weak and Blue Creek’s ramp up brings higher costs without matching long term contract volumes.

Find out about the key risks to this Warrior Met Coal narrative.

Another View: DCF Points to Deep Value

Our DCF model offers a different angle, suggesting Warrior Met Coal could be worth about $153.52 per share, roughly 46 percent above today’s price. If the cash flow surge that analysts expect actually materializes, is the current market skepticism an opportunity or a warning?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

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Build Your Own Warrior Met Coal Narrative

If you see the story differently or want to test your own assumptions against the numbers, build a custom view in under three minutes: Do it your way.

A great starting point for your Warrior Met Coal research is our analysis highlighting 2 key rewards and 1 important warning sign that could impact your investment decision.

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