Take off with Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (AMR): Get ready for trading

With 0.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.3 million shares. During the session, the Coking Coal company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $121.96 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $110.56. The 52-week range on AMR shows that it touched its highest point at $361.17 and its lowest point at $100.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $272.00. AMR paid its most recent dividend on 1701302400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1701302400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AMR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -12.51%, but this was down by -17.90% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -41.37% while six-month performance fell -51.96%. The stock lost -63.98% in the past year, while it has lost -43.97% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AMR yields 14.21 with Next year EPS estimates of 32.49. For the next quarter, that number is -0.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of 21.37% for this year and 81.03% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 13.02 million AMR shares are outstanding with a float of 10.89 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 1.32 million, which was 1011.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Charles Andrew Eidson as the firm’s CEO, Treasurer & Director, Mr. Jason E. Whitehead serves as its President & COO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.88352996 of AMR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, AMR reported revenue of $617347000.0 and operating income of $9991000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $48780000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AMR since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AMR analysts setting a high price target of 272.0 and a low target of 272.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 272.0. Based on these targets, AMR could surge 142.6% to reach the target high and rise by 142.6% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 142.6% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $14.99804 being high and $13.51196 being low. For AMR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $14.255.