B. Riley Has Bullish Forecast for AMR Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• B. Riley analysts have raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Alpha Metallurgical Resources to $0.74, significantly up from their previous forecast of ($1.89).
• Alpha Metallurgical Resources reported a revenue decline of 31.6% year-over-year, with quarterly earnings beating expectations by posting ($0.38) EPS against a consensus estimate of ($2.38).
• The company's stock has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion and is currently rated as a "Buy" by B. Riley, with a target price set at $171.00.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (NYSE:AMR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at B. Riley increased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alpha Metallurgical Resources in a report issued on Tuesday, August 12th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now anticipates that the energy company will earn $0.74 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of ($1.89). B. Riley currently has a "Buy" rating and a $171.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alpha Metallurgical Resources' current full-year earnings is $14.31 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Alpha Metallurgical Resources' FY2025 earnings at ($0.09) EPS, FY2026 earnings at $25.91 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $31.21 EPS.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 8th. The energy company reported ($0.38) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($2.38) by $2.00. Alpha Metallurgical Resources had a negative net margin of 1.57% and a negative return on equity of 2.28%. The firm had revenue of $550.27 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $552.15 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.49 earnings per share. Alpha Metallurgical Resources's revenue for the quarter was down 31.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

AMR has been the subject of several other research reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Alpha Metallurgical Resources from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Alpha Metallurgical Resources from $110.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NYSE:AMR opened at $166.48 on Thursday. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a 52-week low of $97.41 and a 52-week high of $255.04. The company has a 50 day moving average of $120.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $130.46. The company has a market capitalization of $2.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -58.41 and a beta of 0.59.

Institutional Trading of Alpha Metallurgical Resources

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Alpha Metallurgical Resources by 27.2% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 865,934 shares of the energy company's stock worth $97,400,000 after buying an additional 185,281 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Alpha Metallurgical Resources by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 736,379 shares of the energy company's stock worth $147,366,000 after purchasing an additional 28,225 shares during the period. Dalal Street LLC boosted its holdings in Alpha Metallurgical Resources by 11.0% in the second quarter. Dalal Street LLC now owns 460,327 shares of the energy company's stock worth $51,778,000 after purchasing an additional 45,711 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in Alpha Metallurgical Resources by 3.4% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 394,334 shares of the energy company's stock worth $44,355,000 after purchasing an additional 12,884 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Alpha Metallurgical Resources by 6.1% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 268,609 shares of the energy company's stock worth $30,219,000 after purchasing an additional 15,525 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.29% of the company's stock.

About Alpha Metallurgical Resources

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc, a mining company, produces, processes, and sells met and thermal coal in Virginia and West Virginia. The company offers metallurgical coal products. It operates twenty-two active mines and nine coal preparation and load-out facilities. The company was formerly known as Contura Energy, Inc and changed its name to Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc in February 2021.

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