AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC)
Energy · Coal mining and critical minerals recovery · NASDAQ
A distressed diversified natural resources company with coal mining operations and emerging critical minerals recovery businesses, trading at deep discount with negative margins and significant leverage.
What AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A does
American Resources Corporation is a diversified natural resources and infrastructure company operating coal mining subsidiaries in Appalachia and Indiana, along with ancillary businesses in metal recovery (Electrified Materials Corporation) and rare earth element processing and monetization (ReElement Technologies). The company mines metallurgical coal, pulverized coal injection material, and high-BTU bituminous coal for industrial and specialty applications. As of December 2025, the company is no longer consolidating its coal mining operations (American Infrastructure Corporation) or ReElement, retaining only full operational control of its metal recovery subsidiary.
Themes: Metallurgical coal / steel supply, Appalachian and Indiana coal mining, Rare earth elements / critical minerals recovery, Metal recovery and recycling, Infrastructure commodities
Fundamentals
- Price$2.68 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$287M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+84.8% 2025-08-21 close $1.45 → 2026-08-21 close $2.68
- P/E4.92 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin-27511.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+963.6% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-139.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity255.89 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-63.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Beta1.14 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2024-11-14 most recent in our data — SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02); no newer announcement filed
How AREC compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 10% 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginbottom 10% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 10% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 10% 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 10% 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A looks technically
AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) is trading 0.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 80 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 32, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 61, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago. It is 62.3% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 0.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +0.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $2.12 | $2.12 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $2.66 | $2.66 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 35 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 35 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 80 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 80 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 0.6% above | +0.6% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 32, with buyers in control | 32.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 61, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 61.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($1.99 to $2.95) — its "stochastic" reading is 72 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 72.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 22 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $7.11 | $7.11 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 62.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -62.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 127.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +127.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 62.3% below its highest point of the past year | 62.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $14.00 (set on 2018-12-03) | $14.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($1.26 to $6.81), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 74% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $3.20 to $3.38. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 74.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 80.9% below its all-time high | -80.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 6.8% above a support level at $2.50 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-08-27, most recently on 2026-05-11. Since 2024-08-21 it has 10 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -6.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.05 (set on 2017-12-29) | $0.05 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 5260.0% above its all-time low | +5,260% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 93% of the past ~6 months) | 93rd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.1917 between its high and its low — about 7.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.1917 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $1.49 and $3.29 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $1.49 – $2.39 – $3.29 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 7.2% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 7.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (0.6% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.67× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 7 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 2.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +2.3% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.3% above the previous close today and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 2.57 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.3% |
| Gap filled | a 2.9% gap down opened on 2026-08-13 has been "filled" 6 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 6 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 51.7 percentage points (the stock gained 54.0% while the market gained 2.3%) | +51.7% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 22.7 percentage points (the stock gained 25.8% while the market gained 3.1%) | +22.7% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 22.3 percentage points (the stock lost 11.3% while the market gained 11.1%) | -22.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 64.3 percentage points (the stock gained 84.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | +64.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 22% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 12.0% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +22.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $2.73 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.8% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
AREC last closed at $2.68 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 10 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2.50 | Support | 6.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-08-27 to 2026-05-11 |
| $2.08 | Support | 22.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-19 to 2026-04-29 |
| $2.02 | Support | 24.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-04-09 to 2026-07-15 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · lagging the market · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.33 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$5.67 range $5.00 – $7.00; median $5.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for AREC
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.12 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Structural decline in coal demand and intensifying regulatory pressure; company reported negative revenue growth of -63.74% YoY and significant operating losses","High leverage and negative stockholders' equity (deficit of $95 million as of September 2025) with $149.7 million in long-term debt, creating refinancing and solvency risk","Deconsolidation of major operating subsidiaries (American Infrastructure Corporation coal operations and ReElement) reduces visibility and control, increasing uncertainty around asset recovery and future cash generation"]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for AREC — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
3 institutional 13F filers reported holding AREC as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 3
- Reported shares held 4,958,945
- Reported value $12,000,646
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
AREC had 15,133,152 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
AREC had 14.1% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.25 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 15,133,152
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 14.1%
- Prior settlement (shares) 12,349,825
- Reported change 22.54%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.25
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Arch Resources (ARCH)
- Ramaco Resources (METC)
- Contura Energy
- Warrior Met Coal
- MP Materials (MP)
- Lithium Americas (LITM)
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Frequently asked questions
What does AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) do?
American Resources Corporation is a diversified natural resources and infrastructure company operating coal mining subsidiaries in Appalachia and Indiana, along with ancillary businesses in metal recovery (Electrified Materials Corporation) and rare earth element processing and monetization (ReElement Technologies). The company mines metallurgical coal, pulverized coal injection material, and high-BTU bituminous coal for industrial and specialty applications.
What sector is AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) in?
AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is Coal mining and critical minerals recovery. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A's (AREC) competitors?
Notable peers of AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) include Arch Resources, Ramaco Resources, Contura Energy, Warrior Met Coal and MP Materials. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) overbought or oversold right now?
AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP CLASS A (AREC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 61, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on AREC come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.