Peabody Energy - BTU Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BTU shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Peabody Energy's shares. Their BTU share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $33.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price.
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Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $26.42 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BTU stock has increased by 5.3% and is now trading at $27.82.
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Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,750,000 shares, an increase of 15.2% from the December 31st total of 15,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,420,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 9th 2023.
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Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 3rd. The coal producer reported $1.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. The coal producer earned $1.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.25 billion. Peabody Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.13% and a net margin of 25.50%.

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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Merit Financial Group LLC (0.21%), Empowered Funds LLC (0.17%), Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. (0.03%), Capricorn Fund Managers Ltd (0.03%), K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc (0.03%) and Dupont Capital Management Corp (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include A Verona Dorch, Charles F Meintjes, 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 $27.82.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) has a market capitalization of $4.00 billion and generates $3.32 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $360.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.92 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,900 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.