Peabody Energy - BTU Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BTU shares.
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4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Peabody Energy's shares. Their BTU share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $36.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $32.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.6% from the stock's current price.
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Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $10.07 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BTU shares have increased by 125.9% and is now trading at $22.75.
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Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 16,360,000 shares, an increase of 11.5% from the July 15th total of 14,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The coal producer reported $2.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $1.48. The coal producer earned $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.35 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 19.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 60.85%. Peabody Energy's quarterly revenue was up 82.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.35) earnings per share.

Peabody Energy updated its second quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.31 billion-$1.34 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.40 billion.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hosking Partners LLP (0.84%), Wolverine Asset Management LLC (0.00%), Simplex Trading LLC (0.00%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.21%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (0.13%) and X Square Capital LLC (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include A Verona Dorch, Charles F Meintjes, Elliott Investment Management, Glenn L Kellow, International LP Elliott, 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 $22.75.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) has a market capitalization of $3.27 billion and generates $3.32 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $360.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.21 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.