NYSE:BTU - Peabody Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Peabody Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 30th will be paid 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 6.02%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 29th. View Peabody Energy's Dividend History.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The coal producer reported ($0.81) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.17) by $0.64. The coal producer earned $1.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.09 billion. Peabody Energy had a return on equity of 6.72% and a net margin of 6.92%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.63 EPS. View Peabody Energy's Earnings History.

Peabody Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Peabody Energy.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Peabody Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Peabody Energy's stock price to reach $26.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 173.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Peabody Energy.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Peabody Energy.

Media coverage about BTU stock has been trending extremely positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Peabody Energy earned a news sentiment score of 4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the coal producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Peabody Energy.

Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,830,000 shares, an increase of 36.1% from the October 31st total of 3,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,130,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Peabody Energy's Current Options Chain.

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

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Peabody Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.38%), Man Group plc (0.79%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.72%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.40%), Maverick Capital Ltd. (0.24%) and Mackay Shields LLC (0.17%). 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, Kemal Williamson and Paul V Richard. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Peabody Energy.

BTU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Man Group plc, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Barclays PLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold Peabody Energy company stock in the last year include A Verona Dorch, Amy B Schwetz, Charles F Meintjes, George John Schuller Jr, Glenn L Kellow and Paul V Richard. View Insider Buying and Selling for Peabody Energy.

BTU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, State Street Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, JS Capital Management LLC and Maverick Capital Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Peabody Energy.

Shares of BTU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.63.

Peabody Energy has a market capitalization of $1.03 billion and generates $5.58 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $646.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.15 on an earnings per share basis. Peabody Energy employs 7,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Peabody Energy.

The official website for Peabody Energy is http://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]