CNR Stock — Core Natural Resources, Inc.

Core Natural Resources, Inc. (CNR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CNR is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.44%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.44%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 54/100 (Caution). Total return is 699.1% over the past 8.9 years, 459.2 points ahead of SPY at 239.9%.

Core Natural Resources is a coal producer operating mines across the United States that extract and export metallurgical and thermal coals, along with coal export terminal operations in Baltimore. The company distributes quarterly at a modest rate. The business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to natural resource commodities.

CNR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 699.1% over the past 8.9 years, 459.2 points ahead of SPY at 239.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -2.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.3%.

CNR key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

54 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.24%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/14/2017

Distribution rate

0.44%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.44%

Last close

$90.35 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$4,484,635,820

Average volume

395875.0

Dividend

$0.10

Ex-dividend date

08/31/2026

Payment date

09/18/2026

Beta

0.248

Payout ratio

121.2%

P/E ratio

45.63

Forward P/E

8.8731

EPS

$1.98

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.44%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.44%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CNR risks and drawbacks

CNR's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 31.3%.

Who may consider CNR — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CNR pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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