Core Natural Resources (CNR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported 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 diluted 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%)
- Target reached (-6.1% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0)
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
- $99.01
- Price target
- $102.77
- Stop
- $92.21
- Upside to target
- +3.8%
The stock trades at 49.0× trailing but 14.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — 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
- $4.84B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 49.0
- 52-week range
- $70.59–$114.80
- Off 52-week high
- 13.8%
- RSI (14)
- 57
- Volume vs avg
- 0.35×
- Score today
- 5.3/10