Alpha Announces Third Quarter 2024 Preliminary Sales Volumes and Realizations
"Our preliminary third quarter results reflect the market softness of the last few months, with revenues and shipment volumes both lower than in first or second quarter," said
Preliminary Financial Performance
Coal Revenues
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Three months ended |
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Met Segment |
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Met Segment (excl. freight & handling)(1) |
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Tons Sold |
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Three months ended |
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Met Segment |
4.1 |
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Represents Non-GAAP coal revenues which is defined and reconciled under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Results of Operations." |
Coal Sales Realization (1)
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Three months ended |
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Met Segment |
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Represents Non-GAAP coal sales realization which is defined and reconciled under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Results of Operations." |
Third quarter net realized pricing for the Met segment was
The table below provides a breakdown of our Met segment coal sold in the third quarter by pricing mechanism.
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Met Segment Sales |
Three months ended |
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Tons Sold |
Coal Revenues |
Realization/ton(1) |
% of Met Tons |
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Export - Other Pricing Mechanisms |
1.9 |
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48 % |
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Domestic |
0.9 |
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23 % |
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Export - Australian Indexed |
1.1 |
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29 % |
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Total Met Coal Revenues |
3.9 |
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100 % |
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Thermal Coal Revenues |
0.2 |
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Total Met Segment Coal Revenues (excl. freight & handling)(1) |
4.1 |
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Represents Non-GAAP coal sales realization which is defined and reconciled under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Results of Operations." |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of
2024 Guidance Adjustments
Alpha is increasing its net cash interest income guidance range to
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2024 Guidance |
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in millions of tons |
Low |
High |
Metallurgical |
15.5 |
16.5 |
Thermal |
0.9 |
1.3 |
Met Segment - Total Shipments |
16.4 |
17.8 |
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Costs per ton1 |
Low |
High |
Met Segment |
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In millions (except taxes) |
Low |
High |
SG&A2 |
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Idle Operations Expense |
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Net Cash Interest Income |
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DD&A |
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Capital Expenditures |
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Capital Contributions to Equity Affiliates3 |
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Tax Rate |
5 % |
10 % |
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Notes: |
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Note: The Company is unable to present a quantitative reconciliation of its forward-looking non-GAAP cost of coal sales per ton sold financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying with reasonable accuracy significant items required for the reconciliation. The most directly comparable GAAP measure, GAAP cost of sales, is not accessible without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis. The reconciling items include freight and handling costs, which are a component of GAAP cost of sales. Management is unable to predict without unreasonable efforts freight and handling costs due to uncertainty as to the end market and FOB point for uncommitted sales volumes and the final shipping point for export shipments. These amounts have varied historically and may continue to vary significantly from quarter to quarter and material changes to these items could have a significant effect on our future GAAP results. |
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Excludes expenses related to non-cash stock compensation and non-recurring expenses. |
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Includes contributions to fund normal operations at our DTA export facility and expected capital investments related to the facility upgrades. |
Definitive Earnings Announcement and Conference Call
The company plans to announce its definitive third quarter 2024 financial results before the market opens on
Note About Preliminary Results
The financial results presented in this release are preliminary and may change. This preliminary financial information includes calculations or figures that have been prepared internally by management. There can be no assurance that the Company's actual results for the periods presented herein will not differ from the preliminary financial results presented herein, and such differences could be material. These preliminary financial results should not be viewed as a substitute for full financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and are not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved for any future period. This preliminary financial information could be impacted by the effects of the Company's financial closing procedures, final adjustments, and other developments.
About
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Alpha's expectations and beliefs concerning future events and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. These factors are difficult to predict accurately and may be beyond Alpha's control. Forward-looking statements in this news release or elsewhere speak only as of the date made. New uncertainties and risks arise from time to time, and it is impossible for Alpha to predict these events or how they may affect Alpha. Except as required by law, Alpha has no duty to, and does not intend to, update or revise the forward-looking statements in this news release or elsewhere after the date this release is issued. In light of these risks and uncertainties, investors should keep in mind that results, events or developments discussed in any forward-looking statement made in this news release may not occur. See Alpha's filings with the
FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The discussion below contains "non-GAAP financial measures." These are financial measures that either exclude or include amounts that are not excluded or included in the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
Management uses non-GAAP financial measures to supplement GAAP results to provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the business than GAAP results alone. The definition of these non-GAAP measures may be changed periodically by management to adjust for significant items important to an understanding of operating trends and to adjust for items that may not reflect the trend of future results by excluding transactions that are not indicative of our core operating performance. Furthermore, analogous measures are used by industry analysts to evaluate the Company's operating performance. Because not all companies use identical calculations, the presentations of these measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies and can differ significantly from company to company depending on long-term strategic decisions regarding capital structure, the tax jurisdictions in which companies operate, capital investments and other factors.
Included below are reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
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(In thousands, except for per ton data) |
Three Months Ended |
Coal revenues - Met |
$ 669,783 |
Less: Freight and handling fulfillment revenues |
(119,093) |
Non-GAAP Coal revenues - Met |
$ 550,690 |
Tons sold - Met |
4,148 |
Non-GAAP Coal sales realization per ton - Met |
$ 132.76 |
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Three Months Ended |
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(In thousands, except for per ton data) |
Tons Sold |
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Coal Revenues |
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Non-GAAP |
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% of Met Tons |
Export - other pricing mechanisms |
1,864 |
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$ 241,027 |
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$ 129.31 |
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48 % |
Domestic |
910 |
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145,922 |
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$ 160.35 |
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23 % |
Export - Australian indexed |
1,126 |
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144,810 |
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$ 128.61 |
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29 % |
Total Met segment - met coal |
3,900 |
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531,759 |
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$ 136.35 |
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100 % |
Met segment - thermal coal |
248 |
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18,931 |
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$ 76.33 |
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Non-GAAP Coal revenues |
4,148 |
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550,690 |
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$ 132.76 |
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Add: Freight and handling fulfillment revenues |
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119,093 |
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Coal revenues |
4,148 |
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$ 669,783 |
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INVESTOR & MEDIA CONTACT: EMILY O'QUINN
InvestorRelations@AlphaMetResources.com
CorporateCommunications@AlphaMetResources.com
(423) 573-0369
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