Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" BTU shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Peabody Energy's shares. Their BTU share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $29.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price.
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Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $26.42 at the start of the year. Since then, BTU shares have decreased by 12.9% and is now trading at $23.00.
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Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,150,000 shares, an increase of 7.4% from the July 31st total of 15,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The coal producer reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.38. The coal producer earned $1.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 25.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.81%. The firm's revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.67 EPS.

Peabody Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, August 30th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 9th.
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Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.28%. The dividend payout ratio is 3.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BTU will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.16% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Peabody Energy announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, April 17th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 26.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

73 employees have rated Peabody Energy Chief Executive Officer Glenn Kellow on Glassdoor.com. Glenn Kellow has an approval rating of 53% among the company's employees. This puts Glenn Kellow in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.30%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.38%), Boston Partners (4.79%), State Street Corp (4.65%), Citadel Advisors LLC (0.00%) and Progeny 3 Inc. (2.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Elliott Investment Management, Glenn L Kellow, Kemal Williamson, Marc E Hathhorn, Mark Spurbeck, Paul V Richard and Scott T Jarboe.
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One share of BTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.00.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) has a market capitalization of $3.05 billion and generates $4.98 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $1.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,500 workers across the globe.

Peabody Energy's mailing address is 701 MARKET ST, ST LOUIS MO, 63101. The official website for the company is www.peabodyenergy.com. The coal producer can be reached via phone at (314) 342-3400, via email at ir@peabodyenergy.com, or via fax at 302-636-5454.