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HALLADOR ENERGY CO HNRG
HALLADOR ENERGY CO (HNRG) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.15% (safety: no dividend). FY2025 revenue was $469.5M at a 8.9% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
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Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.072 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.107 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.15 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.644 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNRG | HALLADOR ENERGY CO | 7/9 | 0.86 | 19.7 | +16.2% |
| SPRU | SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORP | 4/9 | -2.02 | — | +36.2% |
| OPTT | Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. | 3/9 | — | — | — |
| HDRN | Hadron Energy, Inc. | 1/9 | — | 33.8 | — |
| APSI | AQUA POWER SYSTEMS INC. | 1/9 | — | 0.6 | — |
| ORA | ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4/9 | 1.3 | 57.6 | +12.5% |
| XIFR | XPLR Infrastructure, LP | 4/9 | — | — | -3.4% |
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About HALLADOR ENERGY CO
Hallador Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent power producer and fuel company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Electric Operations and Coal Operations. The company owns and operates the Meron power plant, a 1,080 megawatts coal-fired power generating station that consists of two steam turbine generators and sells accredited capacity to utilities and other energy market participants. It also sells wholesale energy to utilities, generation and transmission cooperatives, and other energy market participants. In addition, the company operates the Oaktown mining complex, a coal mining and processing operation located in Knox and Sullivan counties, Indiana, and Crawford and Lawrence counties, Illinois. Hallador Energy Company was founded in 1949 and is based in Terre Haute, Indiana.
FAQ
Is HNRG financially healthy?
HALLADOR ENERGY CO's Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does HNRG pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. HALLADOR ENERGY CO pays a dividend yielding about 0.15% with a None payout ratio, rated “no dividend” for safety.
How profitable is HNRG?
In FY2025, HALLADOR ENERGY CO had a net margin of 8.9% and a return on equity of 26.2%.
Is HNRG overvalued or undervalued?
HALLADOR ENERGY CO trades at about 16.4× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 6.8×–33.4×, median 9.8×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for HNRG?
The average Wall-Street price target for HALLADOR ENERGY CO is $30.33, about 92.3% above the recent price, from 3 analysts.
Is HNRG a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on HALLADOR ENERGY CO: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 19.7×, a dividend yield of 0.15%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.