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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 29th. View Peabody Energy's Dividend History.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The coal producer reported ($0.81) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.17) by $0.64. The coal producer had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.09 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 6.92% and a return on equity of 6.72%. The company's revenue was down 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.63 earnings per share. 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 target prices for Peabody Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Peabody Energy's share price to reach $26.29 in the next year. 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.

Press coverage about BTU stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Peabody Energy earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the coal producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock'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 volume of 1,130,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 4.7% of the shares of the company 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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]