profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Whitehaven Coal
A$7.26-0.27% today
-6.1% in 1 year
1-year low A$6.981-year high A$9.84
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay A$9.18 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Whitehaven Coal sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$4.92 billion in 2022 to A$5.83 billion in 2025, with A$649 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Whitehaven Coal handed back 27% of the cash it generated last year.
A$176M
Free cash flow 2025A$737M
Bought back its own sharesA$23M
Paid as dividendsA$176M
Cash vs. debtA$1.2B vs. A$2.0B
Whitehaven Coal vs. similar companies
Whitehaven Coal grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehaven Coal | 9.2× · Cheap | ||
 China Shenhua Energy | 20.5× · Fair price | ||
 Shaanxi Coal Industry | 15.6× · Fair price | ||
 Adani Enterprises | 39.0× · Expensive | ||
 Coal India | 8.0× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Whitehaven Coal's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,920 | 6,065 | 3,824 | 5,832 | |
| 4,920 | 6,065 | 3,824 | 2,039 | |
| 3,175 | 4,168 | 1,376 | 1,406 | |
| 3,052 | 4,060 | 876 | 2,119 | |
| 1,952 | 2,668 | 355 | 649 | |
| 1.95 | 3.03 | 0.44 | 0.80 | |
| 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 35.0% | |
| 64.5% | 68.7% | 36.0% | 24.1% | |
| 39.7% | 44.0% | 9.3% | 11.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,125 | 7,511 | 12,852 | 11,826 |
| Cash | 1,215 | 2,776 | 405 | 1,206 |
| Total debt | 245 | 189 | 1,891 | 2,033 |
| Total liabilities | 1,913 | 2,250 | 7,581 | 6,125 |
| 4,212 | 5,257 | 5,271 | 5,701 | |
| 1,000 | 881 | 811 | 810 | |
| 44.2% | 49.3% | 5.4% | 13.7% | |
| 46.3% | 50.8% | 6.7% | 11.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 158 | 258 | 454 | 393 | |
| 2,372 | 3,326 | -127 | 737 | |
| Dividends paid | 80 | 639 | 392 | 176 |
| 359 | 987 | 6 | 23 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 9.2×
- –
- –
- 1.3×
- 1.0×
- 8.1×
- 3.2×
- 12.4%
- 10.9%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 35.0%
- 24.1%
- 11.1%
- –
- 13.7%
- 28.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +5.8%
- −25.7%
- –
- –
- −6.8%
Financial health
- 0.4×
- 0.36
- –
- 2.6×
- 1.12
- –
- –
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 17%of 467
Top 28%of 466
Top 15%of 387
Top 39%of 461
Top 15%of 460
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
27.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 23.9%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
74Pass
Benjamin Graham
80Pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
31No pass
Joel Greenblatt
64Pass
Charlie Munger
72Pass
Terry Smith
66Pass
Questions about Whitehaven Coal
Is Whitehaven Coal a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 6 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Whitehaven Coal AI analysis
What does Whitehaven Coal do?
Whitehaven Coal Limited develops and operates coal mines in Queensland and New South Wales. The company produces metallurgical and thermal coal. It operates mines, including open-cut and underground, located in the Gunnedah Coal Basin in New South Wales. It is in Thermal Coal, based in Sydney, NSW, Australia, with 4,221 employees.
Does Whitehaven Coal pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.0% a year, about 27% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$176 million in dividends.
Is Whitehaven Coal stock halal?
No. Whitehaven Coal does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 34% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Whitehaven Coal stock done over the past year?
Down 6.1% over the past twelve months, to A$7.26. It traded between A$6.98 and A$9.84 and is 26.2% below its high.
Who are Whitehaven Coal's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Shenhua Energy, Shaanxi Coal Industry, Adani Enterprises and Coal India. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Whitehaven Coal's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.