Core Natural Resources (CNR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.51
- Estimate
- $0.64
- Surprise
- +292.4%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $1.14B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.8 → 5.9/10
Revenue source: mixed.
How the report landed
Core Natural Resources (CNR) beat the $0.64 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.51 — a large 292.4% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.8/10) to Buy (Wait) at 5.9/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CNR Sell at 5.3/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +292.4% surprise compares with a +165.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. electric power generators (68.0%)
- Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0)
- Momentum score 1.4/10 — below 4.5 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $88.29
- Price target
- $93.08
- Stop
- $85.05
- Upside to target
- +5.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.8:1
The stock trades at 47.3× trailing but 13.9× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 28 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CNR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.
- Industry
- Thermal Coal
- Market cap
- $4.57B
- P/E (fwd)
- 13.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 47.3
- 52-week range
- $74.75–$114.80
- Off 52-week high
- 23.1%
- RSI (14)
- 28
- Volume vs avg
- 0.64×
- Score today
- 5.3/10