Warrior Met Coal Valuation

Is HCC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HCC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HCC ($70.27) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($52.27)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HCC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HCC?

Key metric: As HCC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HCC. This is calculated by dividing HCC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HCC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.7x
EarningsUS$378.34m
Market CapUS$3.81b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HCC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HCC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average31.8x
AMR Alpha Metallurgical Resources
8.7x6.4%US$3.3b
ARCH Arch Resources
17.5x43.3%US$3.2b
WS Worthington Steel
18.4x7.7%US$2.2b
TX Ternium
82.7x47.4%US$6.6b
HCC Warrior Met Coal
9.7x-3.8%US$3.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HCC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the peer average (31.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HCC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Metals and Mining Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VITF.F Victoria Gold
2.1xn/aUS$23.43m
BMXI Brookmount Explorations
0.5xn/aUS$5.42m
RMRI Rocky Mountain Industrials
0.9xn/aUS$1.76m
ZCRM.F Zincore Metals
0.5xn/aUS$852.33k
HCC 9.7xIndustry Avg. 19.3xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HCC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the US Metals and Mining industry average (19.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HCC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HCC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.7x
Fair PE Ratio15x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HCC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HCC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$70.27
US$76.00
+8.2%
9.7%US$90.00US$70.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$64.64
US$76.00
+17.6%
9.7%US$90.00US$70.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$63.12
US$76.60
+21.4%
9.6%US$90.00US$70.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$61.31
US$77.00
+25.6%
10.5%US$92.00US$70.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$64.87
US$78.20
+20.5%
10.8%US$91.00US$70.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$73.37
US$74.83
+2.0%
10.3%US$91.00US$68.00n/a6
Jun ’25US$68.43
US$74.83
+9.4%
10.3%US$91.00US$68.00n/a6
May ’25US$67.90
US$71.83
+5.8%
11.7%US$87.00US$62.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$60.58
US$69.67
+15.0%
14.2%US$89.00US$60.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$57.54
US$69.50
+20.8%
15.1%US$90.00US$60.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$64.50
US$70.00
+8.5%
19.1%US$93.00US$50.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$60.97
US$60.40
-0.9%
9.7%US$67.00US$50.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$58.36
US$58.00
-0.6%
13.3%US$67.00US$48.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$49.69
US$54.40
+9.5%
18.5%US$67.00US$42.00US$64.645
Oct ’24US$51.08
US$50.40
-1.3%
18.8%US$67.00US$42.00US$63.125
Sep ’24US$41.22
US$45.49
+10.4%
11.1%US$55.00US$39.00US$61.316
Aug ’24US$44.80
US$44.32
-1.1%
18.0%US$58.00US$32.00US$64.876
Jul ’24US$38.95
US$42.99
+10.4%
18.4%US$58.00US$32.00US$73.376
Jun ’24US$33.40
US$43.82
+31.2%
17.8%US$58.00US$32.00US$68.436
May ’24US$33.42
US$44.66
+33.6%
11.6%US$55.00US$39.00US$67.906
Apr ’24US$36.71
US$44.66
+21.6%
11.6%US$55.00US$39.00US$60.586
Mar ’24US$40.16
US$44.66
+11.2%
11.6%US$55.00US$39.00US$57.546
Feb ’24US$37.94
US$44.33
+16.9%
15.1%US$55.00US$35.00US$64.506
Jan ’24US$34.64
US$43.50
+25.6%
12.6%US$50.00US$35.00US$60.976
Dec ’23US$36.76
US$43.00
+17.0%
12.7%US$50.00US$35.00US$58.366
Nov ’23US$38.46
US$40.67
+5.7%
19.2%US$50.00US$30.00US$49.696

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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