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Best Coking Coal Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top coking coal stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best coking coal stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best coking coal stocks to buy right now are:

Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is the #1 top coking coal stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is: Value: B, Growth: D, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 31.

SXC passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Suncoke Energy has seen its stock lose -14.82% over the past year, overperforming other coking coal stocks by 39 percentage points.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) is the #2 top coking coal stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of D. Stocks with a rating of D have had an average return of -4.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: F, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 7 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 31. Although this number is above the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMR as a "D".

AMR passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has seen its stock lose -62.16% over the past year, underperforming other coking coal stocks by -9 percentage points.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has an average 1 year price target of $181.00, an upside of 60.72% from Alpha Metallurgical Resources's current stock price of $112.62.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Alpha Metallurgical Resources, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) is the #3 top coking coal stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of D. Stocks with a rating of D have had an average return of -4.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: F, Financials: D, and AI: F.

American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) has a Due Diligence Score of 12, which is -19 points lower than the coking coal industry average of 31.

AREC passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. American Resources has seen its stock return 17.84% over the past year, overperforming other coking coal stocks by 71 percentage points.

American Resources has an average 1 year price target of $4.00, an upside of 358.72% from American Resources's current stock price of $0.87.

American Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering American Resources, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 2 coking coal stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 2 coking coal stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.88%, which is the same as the coking coal industry average of 1.83%.

Ramaco Resources's dividend payout ratio of -693.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) has an annual dividend yield of 0.68%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the coking coal industry average of 1.83%. Warrior Met Coal's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Warrior Met Coal's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Warrior Met Coal's dividend payout ratio of 16% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Coking coal stocks were up 1.59% in the last day, and up 1.62% over the last week. American Resources was the among the top gainers in the coking coal industry, gaining 11.65% yesterday.

Shraes of energy stocks are trading higher following Israel's strikes on Iran, which have raised oil prices amid potential disruptions in production.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued coking coal stocks right now are:

Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is the most undervalued coking coal stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Suncoke Energy has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Suncoke Energy's stock has dropped -14.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the coking coal industry by 39 percentage points.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) is the second most undervalued coking coal stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources's stock has dropped -62.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the coking coal industry by -9 percentage points.

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) is the third most undervalued coking coal stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Warrior Met Coal has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Warrior Met Coal's stock has dropped -27.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the coking coal industry by 26 percentage points.

100% of coking coal stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect coking coal stocks to rise by 53.18% over the next year.

0% of coking coal stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of coking coal stocks are rated B (Buy), 20% are rated C (Hold), 60% are rated D (Sell), and 20% are rated F (Strong Sell).