American Resources Corporation (AREC)Industrials | Waste Management | Fishers, United States | NasdaqCM
2.40 USD
-0.14
(-5.512%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.41 +0.01 (0.417%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:51 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:05 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is driven by a massive, one-year rally (+235%) that has left the stock technically vulnerable despite a 'strong buy' analyst consensus. While the business is pivoting to critical minerals and attracting institutional attention like BlackRock, the fundamentals remain broken: the company is burning cash, has negative earnings, and trades at a negative EV/EBITDA. This disconnect creates a high-risk environment where the stock could easily gap lower on missed earnings or operational delays. The options market reflects this anxiety with significant put buying, though some traders are betting on a bounce. For investors, the thesis relies entirely on the turnaround story playing out perfectly rather than current financial performance. Until profitability returns, the risk-reward profile remains skewed against the buyer. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.276008 |
| MSTL | 0.276811 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.283250 |
| AutoTheta | 0.357505 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 29% |
| H-stat | 5.05 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.749 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.03 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-08-13 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-08-13 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 21.725 |
| Market Cap | 256,731,056 |
| Forward P/E | 2.86 |
| Beta | 1.16 |
| Website | https://www.americanresourcescorp.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:05 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume at strikes below the current price, particularly for the October and January expirations, suggesting a fear of further downside. However, there is notable call interest at the $3.00 strike, indicating a speculative belief in a rebound toward the $5.00 analyst mean. Implied volatility is extremely compressed (near 1%), reflecting a lack of consensus on direction.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 0.043 | 1.493055 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.23076928 |
| Address1 | 12,115 Visionary Way |
| Address2 | Suite 174 |
| All Time High | 14.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.05 |
| Ask | 3.12 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,872,550 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,867,563 |
| Average Volume | 2,867,563 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,872,550 |
| Beta | 1.158 |
| Bid | 2.43 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 0.886 |
| City | Fishers |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.4 |
| Current Ratio | 2.193 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.537 |
| Day Low | 2.4 |
| Debt To Equity | 21.725 |
| Display Name | American Resources |
| Dividend Date | 1,787,616,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,731,619,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,731,619,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,788,206,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,788,206,400 |
| Ebitda | -10,465,336 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -19.418 |
| Enterprise Value | 203,215,888 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.44 |
| Eps Forward | 0.84 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.19 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,786,665,600 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 606 393 0190 |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.1566 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.2434001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.112862885 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 23.076927 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 7.11 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.71 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6624473 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.475 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.9250001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.6271187 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.475 - 7.11 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,498,829,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 85,645,479 |
| Forward Eps | 0.84 |
| Forward P E | 2.8571432 |
| Free Cashflow | -72,497,600 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 7 |
| Fullday Change | -0.14 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -5.51181 |
| Fullday Price | 2.41 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | -321,490 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.19243999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.26514998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 106,971,272 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,786,665,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.043 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | American Resources Corporation engages in the production of rare earth and critical mineral concentrates for the infrastructure and electrification markets. It operates through Electrified Materials and Corporate segments. The Electrified Materials segment aggregates and processes used metals for recycling into new steel-based products for the recovery and sale of recovered metal and steels. American Resources Corporation is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana. |
| Long Name | American Resources Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 256,731,056 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_228580381 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -17,807,970 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 271,707,030 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 2.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | -17,782,676 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 317 855 9926 |
| Post Market Change | 0.00999999 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.41666624 |
| Post Market Price | 2.41 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,084 |
| Previous Close | 2.54 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -5.4545455 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 2.708804 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.15 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.14 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.51181 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.537 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.4 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.4 - 2.537 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.54 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.4 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,553,285 |
| Return On Assets | -0.02938 |
| Return On Equity | -2.90655 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Shares Outstanding | 106,971,272 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.13159999 |
| Shares Short | 14,080,366 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 12,349,825 |
| Short Name | American Resources Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1341 |
| Short Ratio | 5.39 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IN |
| Symbol | AREC |
| Target High Price | 7.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 5.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 5.0 |
| Total Cash | 72,172,064 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.675 |
| Total Debt | 20,245,094 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.19 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.605675 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.20567489 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.07893344 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,553,285 |
| Website | https://www.americanresourcescorp.com |
| Zip | 46,038 |