This Energy Company Is Up Nearly 500% In The Last Year, Destroying Tesla, Apple, And More

This past year has been tough for stocks: the S&P 500 is down more than 10%, the Nasdaq 100 down more than 18%. But, not every stock is down. A lot of energy stocks have been performing well, especially with the Russian invasion of Ukraine tightening supply throughout the world.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (NYSE:AMR) is a smaller coal company with a market cap of around $2.5 billion. The company’s stock has skyrocketed throughout the last year, up more than 400%. Last July, the company’s stock was trading around $24 a share. Today, shares are trading around $143.

In fact, Alpha Metallurgical has outperformed essentially every other stock in the market, including retail favorites Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and more.

Here’s how the returns break down from July 2021 to July 2022.

Tesla’s stock is up 24% in the last year, going from $657 a share to $816.

Apple’s stock is up 3% in the last year, going from $149 a share to $153.

Microsoft’s stock is down around 10% in the last year, going from $289 a share to $258.

Google’s stock is down 18% in the last year, going from $138 a share to $109 (split adjusted).

And… finally, Alpha Metallurgical’s stock is up 495% in the last year, going from $24 a share to $143 today.

Sometimes it pays to find companies that no one else is looking at.

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