Warrior Met Coal (HCC) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.65
- Estimate
- $1.46
- Surprise
- +13.3%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.6 → 6.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Warrior Met Coal (HCC) beat the $1.46 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.65 — a large 13.3% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.6/10) to Hold at 6.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates HCC Sell at 6.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +13.3% surprise compares with a +55.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Strong growth profile
- Positive insider activity
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Commodity: steelmaking coal
- Concentration risk — Customer: five largest customers (56.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
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
- $103.27
- Price target
- $109.19
- Stop
- $96.04
- Upside to target
- +5.7%
The stock trades at 25.5× trailing but 15.9× 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.
HCC at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Coking Coal
- Market cap
- $5.73B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 25.5
- 52-week range
- $55.08–$111.42
- Off 52-week high
- 7.3%
- RSI (14)
- 58
- Volume vs avg
- 0.89×
- Score today
- 6.5/10