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Best Coking Coal Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top coking coal stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best coking coal stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best coking coal stocks to buy right now are:

Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is the #1 top coking coal stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -2 points lower than the coking coal industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates SXC as a "B".

SXC passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Suncoke Energy has seen its stock lose -12.94% over the past year, overperforming other coking coal stocks by 43 percentage points.

Suncoke Energy has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 39.04% from Suncoke Energy's current stock price of $9.35.

Suncoke Energy stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Suncoke Energy, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) is the #2 top coking coal stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) is: Value: C, Growth: F, Momentum: F, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 8 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 33.

AMR passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has seen its stock lose -63.7% over the past year, underperforming other coking coal stocks by -8 percentage points.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has an average 1 year price target of $183.00, an upside of 47.32% from Alpha Metallurgical Resources's current stock price of $124.22.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Alpha Metallurgical Resources, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) is the #3 top coking coal stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of D. Stocks with a rating of D have had an average return of -4.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -8 points lower than the coking coal industry average of 33.

METC passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ramaco Resources has seen its stock lose -39.6% over the past year, overperforming other coking coal stocks by 16 percentage points.

Ramaco Resources has an average 1 year price target of $13.50, an upside of 36.78% from Ramaco Resources's current stock price of $9.87.

Ramaco Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ramaco Resources, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 2 coking coal stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 2 coking coal stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.39%, which is the same as the coking coal industry average of 1.89%.

Ramaco Resources's dividend payout ratio of 504.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) has an annual dividend yield of 0.65%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the coking coal industry average of 1.89%. Warrior Met Coal's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Warrior Met Coal's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Warrior Met Coal's dividend payout ratio of 17.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Coking coal stocks were up 4.59% in the last day, and up 13.45% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued coking coal stocks right now are:

Suncoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) is the most undervalued coking coal stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Suncoke Energy has a valuation score of 43, which is 6 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 37. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Suncoke Energy's stock has dropped -12.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the coking coal industry by 43 percentage points.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) is the second most undervalued coking coal stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a valuation score of 71, which is 34 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 37. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources's stock has dropped -63.7% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the coking coal industry by -8 percentage points.

Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) is the third most undervalued coking coal stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Warrior Met Coal has a valuation score of 57, which is 20 points higher than the coking coal industry average of 37. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Warrior Met Coal's stock has dropped -24.14% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the coking coal industry by 31 percentage points.

100% of coking coal stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect coking coal stocks to rise by 49.68% over the next year.

0% of coking coal stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of coking coal stocks are rated B (Buy), 20% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 40% are rated F (Strong Sell).