METC earnings analysis
What we found in METC's 10-K: the parts that mattered, the offsets in the same document, and what the company said about what comes next.
Our reading of the filing · Free to read, no account needed
Ramaco's established metallurgical-coal business weakened materially in 2025: revenue fell from $666.3M in 2024 and $693.5M in 2023 to $536.6M, while net income swung from $11.2M profit to a $51.4M loss. Estimated free cash flow was negative $60.8M in 2025, calculated as $2.0M operating cash flow less $62.8M capital expenditures, versus approximately $57.4M in 2024. The company has funded an ambitious Brook Mine rare-earth strategy with equity and convertible debt, but the project has no reserves, no revenue, an unresolved SEC comment letter, and a pre-feasibility study not expected until late 2026.
The parts that mattered.
Pulled out of the filing itself, with the figures the company reported.
- Dual-platform strategy pairs coal with Brook Mine
- Management positions Ramaco as a dual-platform company: a low-cost Central Appalachia metallurgical-coal producer and a prospective U.S. rare-earth/critical-minerals developer at Brook Mine. Metallurgical coal reserves total 85.0M clean tons, while measured and indicated in-place coal resources total 1.337B tons.
- Production increased despite weak pricing
- Coal output increased to 3.8M tons in 2025 from 3.7M in 2024 and 3.1M in 2023. Elk Creek's processing expansion raised nameplate capacity to 1,050 raw tons per hour and approximately 3M tons of annual processing capacity.
- Brook Mine establishes a large inferred resource
- The Brook Mine has a maiden inferred resource of 521.1M metric tonnes of rock, including 34,572 tonnes Nd oxide, 13,874 tonnes Sc oxide, 13,132 tonnes Ga oxide and 3,708 tonnes Dy oxide. These are inferred resources, not reserves.
- Capital raise materially strengthened liquidity
- The company raised approximately $189.0M net in an August 2025 Class A equity offering and issued $345.0M of 0% convertible notes due 2031. It ended 2025 with $440.3M of cash and $80.7M of revolver availability.
- Capital deployment begins shifting to critical minerals
- Capital allocation shifted toward growth: 2025 capex was $64.3M net of grant proceeds, including $4.5M for rare earths/critical minerals versus $0.2M in 2024. The company also received a $6.1M Wyoming matching grant for the Brook pilot facility.
- Buyback authorized, while Class A dividend paused
- Management authorized a $100M Class A repurchase program in December 2025, valid for 24 months, but had repurchased no shares as of December 31. The Class A stock dividend was suspended in July 2025, preserving cash amid investment needs.
And the other side of it.
The offsets in the same document — the things a summary that only listed the good news would have left out.
- Brook commercialization remains unproven
- Brook Mine is still an exploration-stage project: Ramaco has no rare-earth or critical-mineral reserves, and its 521.1M-tonne resource is entirely inferred. Management now expects Hatch's more detailed pre-feasibility study by late 2026, following a redesigned pilot flowsheet and further testing.
- Unresolved SEC comments target Brook disclosures
- The SEC's August 19, 2025 comment letter remains unresolved. It questioned Brook disclosures on technical/economic viability, the AACE Class 5 conceptual Fluor Study, Subpart 1300 consistency, and whether pilot mining/processing could materially change results or financial condition.
- Coal-price pressure and export-index exposure
- Core coal economics deteriorated sharply: revenue fell 19% to $536.6M, revenue per ton declined 16% to $140, and Segment Adjusted EBITDA dropped 42% to $69.4M. Export revenue represented 63% of sales, exposing results to volatile index-based pricing; 2026 North American fixed-price commitments average $142/ton, below the prior season's $152/ton.
- Higher leverage funds a capital-intensive buildout
- Net debt expanded substantially to $451.4M, from $88.6M at year-end 2024, following the $345.0M convertible issuance and $65.0M 2030 senior-note issuance. Although liquidity is currently ample, the company expects $85-90M of 2026 capex and warns Brook development could face cost overruns, permit delays, and uncertain processing economics.
What they reported.
What the company itself reported, taken out of the document.
- Earnings per share
- $-0.99
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Operating margin
- -10.4%
- Segment
- Metallurgical Coal: $536.6M revenue; 3.834M tons sold; Segment Adjusted EBITDA $69.4M.
- Segment
- Rare Earths and Critical Minerals: $0 revenue and Segment Adjusted EBITDA loss of $18.3M.
What they said about what is next.
The 10-K provides no revenue or EPS outlook. Management expects 2026 capital expenditures of approximately $85-90M, including roughly $40M of growth capital for Wyoming commercialization and increased low-vol metallurgical-coal production. As of February 25, 2026, it had 3.1M committed tons, including 1.1M North American fixed-price tons; the fixed-price average shown in the 10-K is $142 per ton excluding freight.
The filing reads worse than the one before it.
What came before.
- 10-Q · May 11, 2026
- In Q1 2026, Ramaco Resources reported a revenue of $121.6 million, a decline of approximately 10% year-over-year, coupled with a drastic increase in net loss to $(18.3) million, translating to an EPS of $(0.30). The…
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