NYSE:BTUPeabody Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $2.85 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BTU shares have increased by 13.3% and is now trading at $3.23. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Peabody Energy.

Peabody Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Peabody Energy.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The coal producer reported ($1.33) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($1.01) by $0.32. The coal producer had revenue of $846.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $856.98 million. Peabody Energy had a negative net margin of 11.03% and a negative return on equity of 6.69%. Peabody Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 32.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.15 EPS. View Peabody Energy's earnings history.

Peabody Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.145 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 17.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 29th. View Peabody Energy's dividend history.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Peabody Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Peabody Energy's share price to reach $14.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 333.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Peabody Energy.

News coverage about BTU stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Peabody Energy earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the coal producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutPeabody Energy.

Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,370,000 shares, an increase of 29.7% from the April 30th total of 4,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,550,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 6.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Peabody Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Peabody Energy include Arch Coal (ARCH), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Contura Energy (CNTE), Rhino Resource Partners (RHNO), Cloud Peak Energy (CLDPQ), Westmoreland Resource Partners (WMLPQ) and Puda Coal (PUDA). View all competitors.

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Peabody Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BTU."

Peabody Energy's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (4.99%), State Street Corp (3.76%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.45%), APG Asset Management N.V. (1.23%), APG Asset Management N.V. (1.23%) and APG Asset Management N.V. (1.23%). Company insiders that own Peabody Energy stock include A Verona Dorch, Amy B Schwetz, Charles F Meintjes, George John Schuller Jr, Glenn L Kellow, International LP Elliott, Marc E Hathhorn, Paul V Richard and Scott T Jarboe. View institutional ownership trends for Peabody Energy.

BTU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Two Sigma Investments LP, State Street Corp, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Tudor Investment Corp Et Al, Jane Street Group LLC, and Maverick Capital Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Peabody Energy company stock in the last year include A Verona Dorch, Charles F Meintjes, Glenn L Kellow, Marc E Hathhorn, Paul V Richard, and Scott T Jarboe. View insider buying and selling activity for Peabody Energy.

BTU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Federated Hermes Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. View insider buying and selling activity for Peabody Energy.

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One share of BTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.23.

Peabody Energy has a market capitalization of $315.57 million and generates $4.62 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $-211,300,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.54 on an earnings per share basis. Peabody Energy employs 6,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Peabody Energy is www.peabodyenergy.com.

Peabody Energy's mailing address is 701 MARKET ST, ST LOUIS MO, 63101. The coal producer can be reached via phone at 314-342-3400 or via email at [email protected]