B. Riley Predicts Warrior Met Coal’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:HCC)

Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (NYSE:HCC) – Investment analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Warrior Met Coal in a report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.12 for the quarter. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $86.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Warrior Met Coal’s current full-year earnings is $5.14 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Warrior Met Coal’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.85 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.97 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.24 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.17 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.17 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.78 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.26 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $10.60 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $13.72 EPS.

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by ($0.34). Warrior Met Coal had a return on equity of 12.56% and a net margin of 16.43%. The business had revenue of $297.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $331.70 million.

HCC has been the topic of a number of other reports. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Warrior Met Coal in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on shares of Warrior Met Coal from $75.00 to $65.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Warrior Met Coal has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $74.00.

Warrior Met Coal Trading Down 3.5 %

HCC opened at $48.13 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 5.20 and a quick ratio of 3.99. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $59.42. Warrior Met Coal has a 1-year low of $47.44 and a 1-year high of $75.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.05 and a beta of 1.07.

Institutional Trading of Warrior Met Coal

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in Warrior Met Coal by 48.5% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 180 shares during the last quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Warrior Met Coal in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $43,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Warrior Met Coal by 56.7% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 358 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in Warrior Met Coal by 31.0% in the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 1,179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Warrior Met Coal by 304.1% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,382 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 1,040 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.28% of the company’s stock.

Warrior Met Coal Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. Warrior Met Coal’s payout ratio is presently 6.68%.

About Warrior Met Coal

Warrior Met Coal, Inc produces and exports non-thermal metallurgical coal for the steel industry. It operates two underground mines located in Alabama. The company sells its metallurgical coal to a customer base of blast furnace steel producers located primarily in Europe, South America, and Asia. It also sells natural gas, which is extracted as a byproduct from coal production.