HCC · CIK 1691303
What Warrior Met Coal, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
Warrior Met Coal is an undiversified pure-play: about 97.5% of its 2025 revenue came from steelmaking (metallurgical) coal produced at just two active Alabama mines, so its results swing directly with met-coal prices and global blast-furnace steel demand. Its customers are concentrated too — a small set of exported blast-furnace steel producers (48% in Asia, 37% in Europe, 14% in South America), with one customer at 11.9% of 2025 revenue ($154.2 million) — so the loss of a major steelmaker would meaningfully cut sales. On the supply side, it procures some mining equipment from a concentrated group of suppliers with long lead times, which could delay equipment rebuilds, repairs and production at its mines.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Commodity & input dependence
- Metallurgical (steelmaking) coal — single product, 2 mineshigh
Warrior is an undiversified pure-play producer of hard coking (metallurgical) coal: ~97.5% of 2025 revenue came from steelmaking coal produced at just two active Alabama mines, so its results swing with met-coal prices and global blast-furnace steel demand.
“We rely on the steelmaking coal production from our two active steelmaking coal mines for substantially all of our revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2025, revenues from the sale of steelmaking coal accounted for approximately 97.5% of our total revenues.”
Customer concentration
- Concentrated blast-furnace steelmaker customersmedium
Sales are concentrated in a small set of exported blast-furnace steel producers (48% Asia, 37% Europe, 14% South America): in 2025 a single customer was 11.9% of revenue ($154.2M), and in 2024 three customers were each ~12-13% of revenue, so loss of a major steelmaker would materially cut sales.
“During the year ended December 31, 2025, one of our customers accounted for $ 154.2 million or 11.9 % of total sales revenues. During the year ended December 31, 2024, three of our customers accounted for $ 190.8 million, or 12.7 % , $ 190.1 million, or 12.7 % , and $ 178.1 million, or 11.9 % of total sales revenues, respectively.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Supplier concentration
- Concentrated mining-equipment suppliers (long lead times)medium
While substitute suppliers exist, Warrior procures some mining equipment from a concentrated group of suppliers and faces long lead times and occasional shortages, which could delay equipment rebuilds, repairs and production at its mines.
“we procure some equipment from a concentrated group of suppliers, and obtaining this equipment often involves long lead times.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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