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Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) Q3 Earnings Power Up On Coal And Royalties

Simply Wall St · 2d ago

Alliance Resource Partners came into this Q3 2026 report with its stock quietly grinding higher, up low single digits over the past month, and it just added another 1.1% on the day to about $26.70. That modest move hides a punchy headline. Coal and minerals earnings surged, with basic earnings per unit jumping to about $1.09 on revenue of roughly $603 million.

Investors often view Alliance Resource Partners as a mature cash engine rather than a growth story. This quarter challenges that script as profit momentum, not just distributions, takes center stage.

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Q3 2026 Earnings Summary

  • Revenue (Q3 2026 vs. Q3 2025): US$603.0 million vs. US$571.4 million (+5.5%)
  • Net Income (Excl. Extra Items, Q3 2026 vs. Q3 2025): US$139.6 million vs. US$94.2 million (+46.8%)
  • Basic EPS (Q3 2026 vs. Q3 2025): US$1.09 per unit vs. US$0.73 per unit (+48.0%)
  • Coal Sales Volume (Q3 2026 vs. Q3 2025): 9.3 million tons vs. 8.7 million tons (+7.4%)

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NasdaqGS:ARLP Trailing 12-Month Revenue & Expenses Breakdown as at Oct 2026
NasdaqGS:ARLP Trailing 12-Month Revenue & Expenses Breakdown as at Oct 2026

ARLP’s Hybrid Cash Engine Thesis On Trial

Alliance Resource Partners is often framed as a coal and royalties cash machine that can keep funding distributions through cycles.

"The main thing that has to go right is that Alliance Resource Partners continues to translate its coal mine productivity gains and expanding royalty volumes into sustained free cash flow while keeping leverage low."

Q3 ticks key boxes. Coal volumes rose to 9.3 million tons with lower segment expense per ton, while Oil & Gas Royalties posted record US$59.8 million revenue. Adjusted EBITDA attributable to ARLP reached US$233.9 million and net leverage stayed under 1x, even after funding AllDale III & IV.

Testing ARLP Risk Concerns Against Q3 Reality

The main pushback on Alliance Resource Partners is that normalization and asset noise could blunt this resilience story.

"The fall in average coal sales price per ton to US$54.87 in Q2 2026, as higher priced legacy contracts at Tunnel Ridge and Mettiki rolled off, shows that pricing is already normalizing. A continued shift into lower priced index linked contracts could limit revenue growth and compress net margins, even if volumes hold near current guidance."

Q3 coal pricing per ton slipped again to US$53.93, yet segment adjusted EBITDA rose on better costs and 7.4% higher tonnage. Digital assets swung to a US$16.5 million gain after earlier fair value losses, which underlines earnings volatility but not a hit to underlying coal or royalty trends this quarter.

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