Financial Fundamentals

Arch Coal, Inc.
NYSE: (ACI)

Sector: Energy
Industry: Coal
Reuters

Arch Coal, Inc.

One CityPlace Drive
St. Louis, MO 63141
One CityPlace Drive
Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: 1-314-994-2700
Fax: 1-314-994-2878

Market Cap (Mil) $ :
2,199.217
Complete Financials:
Mar 2009
Updated: Jul 1, 2009
BRIEF: For the three months ended 31 March 2009, Arch Coal, Inc.'s revenues decreased 3% to $681M. Net income decreased 62% to $30.6M. Revenues reflect decreased coal sales. Net income also reflects lower change in fair value of coal derivatives & coal trading activities, the presence of costs related to acquisition of Jacobs Ranch, an increase in cost of coal sales and the presence of non controlling interest loss vs. an income.

Officers:
Steven Leer, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
John Eaves, President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
John Drexler, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Robert Jones, Senior Vice President - Law, General Counsel, Secretary
C. Henry Besten, Senior Vice President - Strategic Development
Paul Lang, Senior Vice President - Operations
David Warnecke, Vice President - Marketing and Trading
Sheila Feldman, Vice President - Human Resources
Deck Slone, Vice President - Government, Investor and Public Affairs
David Peugh, Vice President - Business Development

Transer Agent:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Company reincorporated in DE.

Price & Volume
Recent Price $ 15.23
52 Week High $ 74.95
52 Week Low $ 10.43
Average Vol (Mil) (RTMA) 148.106
Beta 1.63
Share Related Items
Market Cap. (Mil) $ 2,199.217
Shares Out (Mil) 144.400
Float (Mil) 143.000
Dividend Information
Yield % 2.36
Annual Dividend 0.36
Payout Ratio (TTM) % 16.97
Financial Strength
Quick Ratio (MRQ) 0.76
Current Ratio (MRQ) 1.11
LT Debt/Equity (MRQ) 70.62
Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 82.89
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings (TTM) 7.24
Price/Sales (TTM) 0.74
Price/Book (MRQ) 1.24
Price/Cash Flow (TTM) 3.69
Per Share Data
Earnings (TTM) $ 2.10
Sales (TTM) $ 20.60
Book Value (MRQ) $ 12.28
Cash Flow (TTM) $ 4.14
Cash (MRQ) $ 0.37
Mgmt Effectiveness
Return on Equity (TTM) 18.04
Return on Assets (TTM) 7.65
Return on Investment (TTM) 9.20
Profitability
Gross Margin (TTM) % 25.25
Operating Margin (TTM) % 12.90
Profit Margin (TTM) % 10.24


Historical financial information is provided by Reuters. Arch Coal, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information contained herein and takes no responsibility for supplementing, updating, or correcting any such information.

Mil = Millions  RTMA = Rolling Three Month Average
TTM = Trailing Twelve Months  MRQ = Most Recent Quarter
Asterisk (*) indicates numbers are derived from Earnings Announcements
Pricing and volume data as of Jul 1, 2009.
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