Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-29
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NACCO Industries, Inc.

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Energy · Thermal Coal

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it.

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +18.7% in a year while annual EPS moved −48.4% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.

The price is between stages while the P/E sits at the 50th percentile of its own 1-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read mixed, and 117% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved.

Stage
Deteriorating
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
$47.6
+18.7% 1Y
P/E
16.6×
50th pctile
of its own 1-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
$0.1 B
−14.3% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
$0.0 B
Operating margin
16.7%
+2.4 pp YoY
ROE
5%
FY25
ROIC
−7.5%
vs WACC 5.8% → −13.3 pp
Cash conversion
117%
of profit, last 3 FY
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

NACCO Industries, Inc. trades at $47.6, between stages. That is −3.5% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 52% of a 52-week range of $37 to $57. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (15 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is between stages. At $47.6 it trades −3.5% versus its 200-day average and sits at 52% of its 52-week range ($37–$57).

Jul 26: $47.6 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 1-year window.
−3.5% versus the 200-day line, week — of stage —
Price50-day avg200-day avg
$59.0$53.0$47.0$40.9$34.9$$48$49Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26
$59.0$53.0$47.0$40.9$34.9$$48$49Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2025 Each cell is one week from 2025 to now (56 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
Jul 25Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 1.0 years the stock moved +18% while the S&P 500 moved +19% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (15 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-04-17) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 50th percentile of its own range.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.

NACCO Industries, Inc. trades at 16.6× P/E, mid-range by its own standards (50th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 16.6×, measured across 1.0 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 16.6× is mid-range by its own standards (50th percentile), against a long-run median of 16.6× measured over 1.0 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 16.6× vs a 16.6× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly step line (right axis). 1.0-year window; loss-period spikes above 24× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
mid-range by its own standards (50th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
24.8×$4.620.4×$3.516.1×$2.311.7×$1.27.4×$0.0×$16.57×$3Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26
24.8×$4.620.4×$3.516.1×$2.311.7×$1.27.4×$0.0×$16.57×$3Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26
P/E
16.6×
50th percentile of 1y
PEG
n/m
not derivable — 3-year earnings growth unavailable

🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −48.4% against a +18.7% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

Put together: the multiple is unremarkable against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.

03 · Stage: Deteriorating

Stage: Deteriorating Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

NACCO Industries, Inc. reads as deteriorating on its fundamental arc. Deteriorating — profit and EPS growth are shrinking (profit growth −50.0% latest against −50.0% at its 12-quarter best), ROCE holding at 5.0%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
35%−24%23%−75%12%−126%0.0%−176%−12%−227%%%12%−50%−38%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
35%−24%23%−75%12%−126%0.0%−176%−12%−227%%%12%−50%−38%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
8.2%6.5%4.8%3.1%1.4%%5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
8.2%6.5%4.8%3.1%1.4%%5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Rolling over
latest +12.0% · span −8.7% to +31.8%
Profit growth
Flat
latest −50.0% · span −200.0% to −50.0%
EPS growth
Flat
latest −38.0% · span −213.2% to −38.0%
ROCE
Stuck low
latest 5.0% · span 1.9%–7.7%

🚨 Why it matters: falling curves mean every cheap-looking ratio below needs a discount for direction.

Growth, year by year: revenue +16.7% in FY25, profit −33.3% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
29%67%18%6.8%6.9%−53%−4.4%−114%−16%−174%%%16.7%−33.3%FY21FY23FY25
29%67%18%6.8%6.9%−53%−4.4%−114%−16%−174%%%16.7%−33.3%FY21FY23FY25
TTM growth by quarter Trailing-twelve-month growth versus the year-ago TTM, per quarter, %: revenue (left axis); profit and EPS (right axis). The acceleration read compares the last 4 quarters (+12.0%) with the last 8 annualized (+12.8%).
revenue stabilising
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
35%−24%23%−75%12%−126%0.0%−176%−12%−227%%%12%−50%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
35%−24%23%−75%12%−126%0.0%−176%−12%−227%%%12%−50%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+16.7%+5.3%
Profit−33.3%−34.1%
EPS−48.4%−38.4%
Stock price+18.7%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
−14.3%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
10.2%
long-run compound pace

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

54.8/100 — rank 2 of 5 in Thermal Coal · 80% evidence confidence

NACCO Industries, Inc. scores 54.8 out of 100 against the 5 companies it is compared with in Thermal Coal, ranking 2. Cheap but unconfirmed: require improving earnings before treating the valuation as an opportunity.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 15.6 + 12.2 + 14.3 + 12.7 = 54.8. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

NACCO Industries, Inc. reported $0.1 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −14.3% year on year. Over 4 years it has compounded at 10.2% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $0.3 B. The last four reported quarters add to $0.3 B.

NACCO Industries, Inc. reported $0.1 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −14.3% year on year. Over 4 years it has compounded at 10.2% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $0.3 B. The last four reported quarters add to $0.3 B.

FY25 revenue came in at $0.3 B (+16.7% on the year), capping 4 years at 10.2% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed $0.1 B, −14.3% year on year.

FY25 revenue $0.3 B (+16.7% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
10.2% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
0.3029%0.2318%0.156.9%0.08−4.4%0.00−16%$ B%$0B16.7%FY21FY23FY25
0.3029%0.2318%0.156.9%0.08−4.4%0.00−16%$ B%$0B16.7%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $0.1 B (−14.3% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
0.0945%0.0628%0.0412%0.02−4.8%0.00−21%$ B%$0B−14.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.0945%0.0628%0.0412%0.02−4.8%0.00−21%$ B%$0B−14.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +14.8% growth against the decade's 10.2% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +12.0% over the last 4 quarters against +12.8%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising.

→ Revenue slipped — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 16.7% this quarter (+2.4 pp YoY).

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s operating margin is 16.7% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.4 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −33.3% to 31.6%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s operating margin is 16.7% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.4 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −33.3% to 31.6%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 16.7%, +2.4 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −33.3%–31.6%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +2.4 pp year on year while gross margin went +2.4 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY25: 7.1% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
within a −33.3–31.6% band over 5 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
37%59%18%26%−0.8%−6.3%−20%−39%−38%−72%%%7.1%−9.6%FY21FY23FY25
37%59%18%26%−0.8%−6.3%−20%−39%−38%−72%%%7.1%−9.6%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: 16.7% operating margin (+2.4 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
45%138%1.8%61%−42%−17%−85%−94%−129%−171%%%16.7%2.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
45%138%1.8%61%−42%−17%−85%−94%−129%−171%%%16.7%2.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit null in the latest quarter.

07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

NACCO Industries, Inc. earned $0.0 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.0 B. The 4-year compound rate is −20.5%. That is 16.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.0 B. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

NACCO Industries, Inc. earned $0.0 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.0 B. The 4-year compound rate is −20.5%. That is 16.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.0 B. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was $0.0 B, null year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $0.0 B (−33.3%), and the 4-year compound rate is −20.5%.

FY25 profit $0.0 B (−33.3% YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
−20.5% a year over 4 years
Net profitYoY growth
0.0856%0.050.0%0.01−59%−0.02−116%−0.05−173%$ B%$0B−33.3%FY21FY23FY25
0.0856%0.050.0%0.01−59%−0.02−116%−0.05−173%$ B%$0B−33.3%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $0.0 B (null YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
0.02−14%0.01−145%−0.01−275%−0.03−406%−0.04−536%$ B%$0B−100%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.02−14%0.01−145%−0.01−275%−0.03−406%−0.04−536%$ B%$0B−100%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −83.3% vs revenue +14.8%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 117% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years 117% of NACCO Industries, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY25 that was $0.1 B of operating cash against $0.0 B of profit. After $0.1 B of capital spending, $0.0 B was left as free cash.

FY25: operating cash of $0.1 B against reported profit of $0.0 B, leaving free cash of $0.0 B after $0.1 B of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 117% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY25: CFO $0.1 B vs profit $0.0 B Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, $ B; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 5-year window, annual resolution.
117% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
0.080.050.01−0.02−0.05$ B$0B$0B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.080.050.01−0.02−0.05$ B$0B$0B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: operating cash $0.0 B = 100% of the quarter's profit Operating cash per quarter, $ B (bars); conversion = operating cash as % of net profit (line, right). Last 12 quarters. Dashed line = 100%.
Operating cash (quarterly)Conversion100%
0.04432%0.03316%0.01200%0.0084%−0.01−32%$ B%$0B100%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.04432%0.03316%0.01200%0.0084%−0.01−32%$ B%$0B100%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why: conversion is measured cleanly, but the working-capital day-counts behind it sit below what we hold — the move is shown without inventing its driver.

Router verdict: the visible cash user is investment — the next section checks what the spending is buying.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: $0.0 B of building over 3 years.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

NACCO Industries, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Capital spending ran $0.0 B over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 0.0% of FY25 revenue a year.

Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.

On the investment side: capital spending of $0.0 B over the last 3 fiscal years.

FY25: capex $0.1 B Capital spending per fiscal year, $ B (bars).
steady investment
Capex
0.090.060.040.020.00$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.090.060.040.020.00$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: capex $0.0 B in the quarter Capital spending per quarter, $ B (bars, left); free cash flow, $ B (line, right). Last 12 quarters.
Capex (quarterly)Free cash
0.0320.020.0240.010.0160.000.008−0.010.000−0.02$ B$ B$0B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.0320.020.0240.010.0160.000.008−0.010.000−0.02$ B$ B$0B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROE is 5% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −13.3 pp.

10 · Return on equity

Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.

NACCO Industries, Inc. earns a ROE of 5% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −11% in FY23. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −13.3 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 7.1% net margin on 0.42× asset turns.

FY25 ROE is 5%, recovered from a FY23 trough of −11% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 7.1% net margin × 0.42× asset turns × 1.53× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 4.6% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: −7.5% − 5.8% = a −13.3 pp spread. The 5.8% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. Negative — growth at these returns destroys value until the returns recover.

FY25: ROE 5% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 5-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 5.8% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY23's −11%
ROEROIC (annual)WACC
21%12%2.9%−6.1%−15%%4.7%6.3%FY21FY23FY25
21%12%2.9%−6.1%−15%%4.7%6.3%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: ROIC 2.0% (TTM) vs WACC 5.8% Trailing-twelve-month ROIC and ROE, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROIC (TTM)ROE (TTM)WACC
16%−13%−42%−72%−101%%2%5.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
16%−13%−42%−72%−101%%2%5.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.31.

11 · Dividend

Dividend A dividend is cash paid out per share. Dividend per share is the declared amount for the period; the trailing twelve-month total is the four most recent quarters added together.

NACCO Industries, Inc. paid $1.01 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 11.0% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.25 for Mar 26. Against the current price of $47.6 that is a trailing yield of 2.12%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.

NACCO Industries, Inc. paid $1.01 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 11.0% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.25 for Mar 26. Against the current price of $47.6 that is a trailing yield of 2.12%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.

NACCO Industries, Inc. paid $1.01 per share across the last four reported quarters, most recently $0.25 for Mar 26. That is up 11.0% against the same quarter a year earlier. Against the current price of $47.6 the trailing twelve months work out to 2.12% — trailing dividends measured against today's price, not a forward estimate.

Dividend per share by quarter Declared dividend per share, $ B, per reported quarter. 12 quarters on file.
latest $0.25 (Mar 26)
Dividend per share
0.270.200.140.070.00$ B$0BJun 23Dec 23Sep 24Jun 25Mar 26
0.270.200.140.070.00$ B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ A payout is cash leaving the business. Next: what the balance sheet looks like behind it.

12 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.

NACCO Industries, Inc. carries total debt of $0.1 B against shareholder equity of $0.4 B as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.30 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.09 in FY21 to 0.26 in FY25. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of $0.1 B against shareholder equity of $0.4 B — a debt-to-equity of 0.30. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.09 (FY21) to 0.26 (FY25). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

FY25: debt $0.1 B at 0.26× equity Total debt by fiscal year, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
0.120.29×0.090.23×0.060.17×0.030.11×0.000.05×$ B×$0B0.26×FY21FY23FY25
0.120.29×0.090.23×0.060.17×0.030.11×0.000.05×$ B×$0B0.26×FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: debt $0.1 B, debt-to-equity 0.30 Total debt per quarter, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
0.140.32×0.110.25×0.070.18×0.040.12×0.000.05×$ B×$0B0.30×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.140.32×0.110.25×0.070.18×0.040.12×0.000.05×$ B×$0B0.30×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: short interest is 1.3% of the float.

13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

1.3% of NACCO Industries, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — the crowd is not positioned against this stock. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 3.4 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.

The latest reading: 1.3% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 3.4 days to buy those positions back. The crowd is not positioned against this stock. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
1.3%
of the tradable float
Days to cover
3.4
at typical volumes

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

NACCO Industries, Inc.: the Z-score reads 2.04. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits in the grey band between the two. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 2.04 sits in the grey band — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 2.04.

Related companies · same industry · Thermal Coal Every company is compared on the shape of its own curves, not static ratios. The Revenue, EPS and ROCE columns each draw that company's last 12 quarters as a mini line of the ACTUAL level (trailing-twelve-month revenue and EPS, and the ROCE itself) — so a line that climbs is a business getting bigger, a line that sinks is one shrinking. The colour tracks the same line: green when it is rising or steadily healthy, amber when it is rolling over from a high (still elevated but turning down), red when it is falling, grey when flat or stuck. Colour and direction always agree — a green line never points down. The ROCE curve is the return on capital (annual readings for peers, so a slightly coarser line than the quarterly one at the top of this page). The Stage column then runs the same 12-quarter trajectory classifier used at the top of the page on each company and names where it sits. What lands a company in each bucket: CONSISTENT — growth stays positive across the window and returns are healthy (ROCE ≥ 15%, or ROE ≥ 12% for lenders); IMPROVING — profit or EPS fell into real decline, bottomed a few quarters back, and has climbed back to positive and held there; TURNING AROUND — the same kind of trough but more recent, with the latest quarters just lifting off it (an early, unconfirmed turn); TOPPING OUT — growth is still positive but decelerating hard from its own peak while returns have stopped rising; DETERIORATING — two or more growth curves are shrinking (latest below zero) and staying there, not one soft quarter; MIXED — the curves genuinely disagree, or no clean majority, so no single word fits; NO READ — fewer than eight usable quarters. It is a like-for-like read of every company against its own past, not a ranking against the group.
CompanyP/EMkt capRevenueEPSROCEStage
NACCO Industries, Inc. this page16.6×$0BDeteriorating
Core Natural Resources, Inc.$4BDeteriorating
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.12.6×$3BDeteriorating
Peabody Energy Corporation$3BDeteriorating
Natural Resource Partners L.P.11.7×$1BDeteriorating
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s stock price today?

NACCO Industries, Inc. trades at $47.6, +18.7% over the past year. The company is valued at $0.0 B. The stock sits at 52% of its 52-week range of $37–$57, −3.5% versus its 200-day average. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 15 weeks. — as of 29 July 2026.

What were NACCO Industries, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?

NACCO Industries, Inc. reported revenue of $0.1 B and net profit of $0.0 B for the Mar 26 quarter. Earnings per share were $1.17. The operating margin was 16.7%, 2.4 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s revenue?

NACCO Industries, Inc. reported revenue of $0.1 B in the Mar 26 quarter, −14.3% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $0.3 B (+16.7%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 10.2% a year. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s profit?

NACCO Industries, Inc. earned $0.0 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.0 B. The operating margin ran 16.7% in the latest quarter. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s market cap?

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $0.0 B at a stock price of $47.6. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s P/E ratio?

NACCO Industries, Inc. trades at a P/E of 16.6×, at the 50th percentile of its own 1-year range, against a long-run median of 16.6×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 29 July 2026.

Does NACCO Industries, Inc. pay a dividend?

Yes — NACCO Industries, Inc. declared $0.25 per share for Mar 26, and $1.01 per share across the last four reported quarters. The latest quarter is up 11.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s dividend per share?

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s most recently declared dividend is $0.25 per share for Mar 26, giving $1.01 per share over the trailing twelve months. Each figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters for the trailing total. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s dividend yield?

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s trailing dividend yield is 2.12%: $1.01 declared per share across the last four reported quarters, against a share price of $47.6. Each quarter’s figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters and divided by the latest close. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is NACCO Industries, Inc. overvalued?

On its own history, NACCO Industries, Inc. looks mid-range against its own history: its P/E of 16.6× sits at the 50th percentile of its 1-year range (long-run median 16.6×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 29 July 2026.

How is NACCO Industries, Inc. performing?

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s latest readings are below. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 15 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 29 July 2026.

What stage is NACCO Industries, Inc. in?

Deteriorating — profit and EPS growth are shrinking (profit growth −50.0% latest against −50.0% at its 12-quarter best), ROCE holding at 5.0%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +12.0% latest, profit growth −50.0% latest, eps growth −38.0% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 29 July 2026.

Is NACCO Industries, Inc. beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view NACCO Industries, Inc. is currently behind the S&P 500 (15 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-04-17), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 1.0 years the stock moved +18% against the S&P 500's +19% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 29 July 2026.

Will NACCO Industries, Inc.'s stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for NACCO Industries, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $47.6. Its P/E of 16.6× sits at the 50th percentile of its own 1-year range. Direction is not something this site claims to know. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is the market betting against NACCO Industries, Inc.?

No — short interest is 1.3% of NACCO Industries, Inc.'s tradable float, about 3.4 days to cover at typical volumes. That is a low reading: the crowd is not positioned against this stock. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 29 July 2026.

Does NACCO Industries, Inc. have too much debt?

It is moderate — NACCO Industries, Inc.'s debt-to-equity is 0.31. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s capex?

NACCO Industries, Inc. spent $0.0 B on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY25 alone that was $0.1 B. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s cash flow?

NACCO Industries, Inc. generated $0.1 B of operating cash flow in FY25 and $0.0 B of free cash flow after $0.1 B of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $0.0 B, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is NACCO Industries, Inc.'s profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 117% of NACCO Industries, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY25, operating cash was $0.1 B against reported profit of $0.0 B. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 29 July 2026.

How financially safe is NACCO Industries, Inc.?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 2.04 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That is in the grey band — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed. — as of 29 July 2026.

Where is NACCO Industries, Inc. in its business cycle?

NACCO Industries, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 7.1%, against a 5-year band of −33.3%–31.6%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 16.7%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 29 July 2026.

What could break the NACCO Industries, Inc. story?

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +18.7% in a year while annual EPS moved −48.4% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 29 July 2026.

Is NACCO Industries, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: NACCO Industries, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it. The sharpest open question: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 29 July 2026.

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