Core Natural Resources, Inc.

CNR Energy Thermal Coal

Core Natural Resources, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.2 billion, up 92.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.2%
EPS
−70.5%
Free cash flow
+106.4%
Total debt
+8.92%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

74.20 6.02 −7.50%
Market cap
$3.7B
P/E
47.6×
Fwd P/E
18.2×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.98
Beneish M
−1.01
Dividend safety
20/100

Core Natural Resources, Inc. (CNR) Return on invested capital

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Core Natural Resources, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.50%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−3.08%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.08% (fiscal 2025) to 39.9% (fiscal 2023) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Thermal Coal industry median of 4.03% and below the Energy sector median of 5.43%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −3.08% (19.75)
FY2024 16.7% (23.20)
FY2023 39.9% 9.20
FY2022 30.7% 25.30
FY2021 5.37% 3.72
FY2020 1.65% (8.15)
FY2019 9.80% (5.09)
FY2018 14.9% 3.53
FY2017 11.4% 6.89
FY2016 4.47% (16.50)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.08% High 39.9%
Ten-year median 11.4%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
NRP Natural Resource Partners LP compare 10.5%
ARLP Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. compare 8.86%
NC NACCO Industries, Inc. compare 4.03%
CNR Core Natural Resources, Inc. 1.50%
BTU Peabody Energy Corporation compare −3.70%
Thermal Coal industry median 4.03%
Energy sector median 5.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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