These are the companies in the coal industry that are trading with the lowest P/E ratio, according to the All-In-One screener by GuruFocus.
Natural Resources Partners LP (NRP) is trading with a P/E ratio of 2.23; according to the DCF calculator the stock has a fair value of $11.51 while it is trading at about $1.76. That means it is trading with a margin of safety of 85%. The price has dropped by 86% during the last 12 months and is now 87.27% below its 52-week high and 9.32% above its 52-week low.
The company is engaged in the business of owning, managing and leasing mineral properties in the United States. It owns coal reserves in three U.S. coal-producing regions: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Western United States, as well as lignite reserves in the Gulf Coast region.
During the third quarter the company posted a 37% year-over-year increase for total revenues and due to the inclusion of VantaCore Partners LP and North Dakota's Sanish Field in its operating results in 2015, as well as increased distributions from its soda ash investment. Natural Resources Partners posted a 15% year-over-year increase for adjusted EBITDA.
Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's only shareholder with a stake of 0.03% of outstanding shares; the guru bought 40,230 shares during the second quarter of 2015
CNX Coal Resources LP (CNXC) is trading with a P/E ratio of 2.30; according to the DCF calculator the stock has a fair value of $81.43 while it's trading at about $12.43. That means the stock is trading with a margin of safety of 85%. The price has dropped by 19% during the last 12 months and is now 28.32% below its 52-week high and 16.39% above its 52-week low.
It is a master limited partnership recently formed by CONSOL Energy to manage and further develop all of its active thermal coal operations in Pennsylvania. During the third quarter despite the ongoing challenges in the coal markets the company delivered very strong operational and financial results; also it increased its contracted coal sales position for 2016 to 74% of the projected sales.
The company's only guru shareholder is David Einhorn (Trades, Portfolio) with a stake of 23.64% of outstanding shares –Â 1.03% of his total assets. The guru started to buy shares of the company during Q2.
Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP) is trading with a P/E ratio of 5.18; according to the DCF calculator the stock has a fair value of $60.37 while it is trading at about $20.77. That means the stock has a margin of safety of 66%. The price has dropped by 56% during the last 12 months and is now 57.18% below its 52-week high and 4.11% above its 52-week low.
The company is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to U.S. utilities and industrial users. Its mining activities are conducted in three geographic regions commonly referred to in the coal industry as the Illinois Basin, Central Appalachian and Northern Appalachian regions.
ARLP delivered solid results for the third quarter and could establish itself as a leader in the coal industry. It posted a record of 11.5 million tons for production during this quarter.
Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's only guru shareholder with a 0.69% stake of outstanding shares that is 0.03% of his total assets.
SunCoke Energy Partners LP (SXCP) is trading with a P/E ratio of 6.67; according to the DCF calculator the stock has a fair value of $24.19 while it is trading at about $11.02. That means the stock has a margin of safety of 54%. The price has dropped by 57% during the last 12 months and is now 60.45% below its 52-week high and 9.00% above its 52-week low.
It is a limited partnership formed to acquire a 65% interest in each of two entities that own its sponsor's Haverhill and Middletown coke-making facilities and related assets. The company is engaged in producing coking products.
Due to the pass-through of lower coal costs in the Domestic Coke segment, revenues had a decline of $6.6 million compared to the same quarter of a year before. SunCoke Energy Partners posted a decrease of $5.1 million for operating income and decrease of $0.7 million for adjusted EBITDA.
The company's only guru shareholder is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with an easy stake of 0.01% of outstanding shares. Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his stake during Q2 2015.
Foresight Energy LP (FELP) is trading with a P/E ratio of 9.30; according to the DCF calculator the stock has a fair value of $15.05 while it's trading at about $6.49. That means the stock is trading with a margin of safety of 57%. The price has dropped by 55% during the last 12 months and is now 66.37% below its 52-week high and 32.45% above its 52-week low.
The company is a leading producer and marketer of thermal coal controlling over 3 billion tons of coal reserves in the Illinois Basin. Foresight currently operates four mining complexes (Williamson, Sugar Camp, Hillsboro and Macoupin), with four longwall systems, and the Sitran river terminal on the Ohio River.
The third quarter was significant for Foresight in which in the very difficult coal environment it posted Adjusted EBITDA of $91.1 million. Due to a 5.2% decrease in sales volumes, the company posted a decrease of $48.8 million for coal sales revenue compared to the same quarter of a year before.
Hallador Energy Co. (HNRG) is trading with a P/E ratio of 10.50; according to the DCF calculator the stock has a fair value of $9.15 while it is trading at about $6.37. That means at current prices the stock has a margin of safety of 30%. The price has dropped by 44% during the last 12 months and is now 50.77% below its 52-week high and 10.78% above its 52-week low.
The company is engaged in coal production. The largest portion of its business is comprised of coal mining in Indiana through Sunrise Coal LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary) serving the electric power generation industry. It also owns a 45% equity interest in Savoy Energy LP, a private oil and gas exploration company with operations in Michigan and a 50% interest in Sunrise Energy LLC, a private gas exploration company with operations in Indiana.
Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's leading shareholder among the gurus with 0.57% holdings of outstanding shares, followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%. David Swensen (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his stake during Q2 of the current year.
