CORE NATURAL RESOURCES/$CNR
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About CORE NATURAL RESOURCES
Core Natural Resources Inc is a producer and exporter of metallurgical and thermal coal. The company owns and operates longwall mining operations in the nation and export terminals on the Eastern seaboard. The activities of the company involves mining of thermal coal, power generation, and other related activities.
- Ticker
- $CNR
- Sector
- Energy
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 4,850
- Headquarters
- Canonsburg, United States
- Website
- corenaturalresources.com
CNR Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$4.4B
45.09
$1.96
0.17
$0.40
0.45%
Price and volume
Market cap
$4.4B
Beta
0.17
52-week high
$114.80
52-week low
$74.75
Average daily volume
516K
Dividend rate
$0.40
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.825
Quick ratio
1.214
Long term debt to equity
0.109
Total debt to equity
0.12
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
20.45%
Interest coverage (TTM)
-2.05%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
551.317
Gross margin (TTM)
16.86%
Net profit margin (TTM)
2.34%
Operating margin (TTM)
-2.15%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
-205.11%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$880,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
-0.93%
Return on equity (TTM)
2.67%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
45.095
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.057
Price to book
1.18
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.18
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
17.4
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.75%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
5.081
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.45%
Forward dividend yield
0.45%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
31.52%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
284.69%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
19.78%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-54.73%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-42.91%
Bulls say / Bears say
Core improved execution in its key higher-margin segments: Q2 high-CV thermal volumes rose 9% quarter on quarter while cash cost fell 9%, and metallurgical cash cost fell 7% as coking-coal sales increased 8%. (Core Natural Resources)
Contracted demand gives Core better revenue visibility than a pure spot-coal producer. It secured 16 million tons of new future sales commitments in Q2, while its fixed or reasonably estimable coal contracts represented about $3.6 billion of future revenue at 30 June. (Core Natural Resources, StockTitan)
Shareholder returns are a clear part of the investment case. Core had returned $360.1 million, including dividends, since February 2025 and still had $670.8 million of buyback authorisation at the end of Q2, supporting per-share value if cash generation holds. (Core Natural Resources)
Q2 profit was boosted by a non-recurring $125.4 million Leer South insurance recovery. That makes the reported $126.5 million net income and $323.6 million adjusted EBITDA a weak guide to repeatable operating earnings. (Core Natural Resources, Frontier)
Powder River Basin remains a weak link: Q2 realised revenue was $14.28 a ton against cash costs of $14.85. Management also said thermal demand was pressured by mild temperatures, cheap natural gas and high customer inventories, so the planned second-half recovery is not yet proven. (Core Natural Resources, TradingKey)
Metallurgical coal markets are still subdued after two years of falling global hot-metal production, while US East Coast coking-coal prices remain unusually far below Australian benchmarks. Core's recovery case therefore depends on a cyclical rebound in steel demand that has not yet arrived. (Core Natural Resources, TradingKey)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 16 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing CNR
AllUSDGBPEUR
Fund name | Fund size | $CNR weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.25% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.25% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.15% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | £4.1B | 0.15% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.05% |
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