Strong liquidity position
Unrestricted cash of $366.0M and $49.6M in short-term investments as of Dec 31, 2025, for total liquidity of $524.3M (down from $568.5M as of Sept 30, -7.8%), with $183.7M unused ABL availability and no borrowings on the ABL.
Material domestic sales commitments for 2026
Domestic commitments of 4,100,000 tons for 2026 at an average price of $136.30 (included an incremental 500,000 contracted tons since prior guidance), providing a committed cash-flow base to support planning.
Operational progress at Kingston Wildcat (low-vol)
Key infrastructure complete or substantially complete: permanent utility power, stockpile reclaim tunnel, raw coal railroad loadout, railcar off-loaders and transfer belts at Mammoth; ventilation shafts bored. Company expects roughly 500,000 tons produced from Wildcat in 2026 as it ramps toward ~1,000,000 tons/year capacity.
SG&A and cost performance improvement
SG&A (excluding non-cash stock comp and nonrecurring items) decreased to $10.9M in Q4 from $13.2M in Q3 (-17.4%), driven by reduced professional services spend and lower labor costs; company highlighted 'markedly improved cost performance' across 2025.
Met realizations edged higher quarter-over-quarter
Met segment average realization rose to $115.31/ton in Q4 from $114.94/ton in Q3 (+0.3%). Weighted average metallurgical sales realization increased to $118.10/ton from $117.62/ton (+0.4%). Export met coal priced on Australian indices realized $114.96/ton in Q4 vs $106.39/ton in Q3 (+8.0%).
Committed pricing coverage at guidance midpoint
At the midpoint of 2026 guidance, 37% of metallurgical tonnage is committed and priced at an average of $134.20/ton; 53% is committed but not yet priced; the thermal byproduct portion is 77% committed and priced at an average of $73.17/ton — providing meaningful forward coverage.
Operational recognition and terminal upgrades
Raven Mill Prep Plant and Marmet River Dock named 2025 David J. Stetson Best in Class winners. Dominion Terminal Associates plans a four-week planned outage for upgrades; company does not anticipate material negative impacts and views upgrades as long-term capability improvements.
Favorable short-term index moves in parts of the market
Australian Premium Low Vol (PLV) Index rose 14.6% Oct 1–Dec 31 and has further increased ~9% to $237/mt as of Feb 26; U.S. East Coast Low Vol rose 4.5% Oct–Dec and ~6% to $196/mt as of Feb 26 — creating some upside opportunity for low-vol product realizations.