Ramaco Resources, Inc. (METCB) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup · Inst Constrain edge
Basic Materials · Coking Coal
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $7.77: Quality below floor (1.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend.
Ramaco Resources, Inc. engages in the development, operation, and sale of metallurgical coal. The company's development portfolio includes the Elk Creek project that covers an area of approximately 20,200 acres located in southern West Virginia; the Berwind property covering an... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $7.77: Quality below floor (1.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 30, MACD bearish. Score 3.9/10, high confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Revenue shrinking — -9.7% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $7.77: Quality below floor (1.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 30, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $7.38. Score 3.9/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $12.25 (+57.7% upside). Prior stop was $7.38. Stop-loss: $7.38.
Quality below floor (1.4 < 4.0).
Ramaco Resources, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward N/A). TrendMatrix value score: 9.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
15 analysts cover METCB with a consensus score of 4.1/5.
What does Ramaco Resources, Inc. do?Ramaco Resources, Inc. engages in the development, operation, and sale of metallurgical coal. The company's development...
Ramaco Resources, Inc. engages in the development, operation, and sale of metallurgical coal. The company's development portfolio includes the Elk Creek project that covers an area of approximately 20,200 acres located in southern West Virginia; the Berwind property covering an area of approximately 62,500 acres situated on the border of West Virginia and Virginia; the Knox Creek property, which covers an area of approximately 88,850 acres is located in Virginia; the Maben property covering an area of approximately 28,000 acres located in southern West Virginia; and the Brook Mine property that covers an area of approximately 15,800 acres located in northeastern Wyoming. It serves blast furnace steel mills and coke plants in North America, as well as metallurgical coal consumers internationally. Ramaco Resources, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Lexington, Kentucky.