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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 29th. View Peabody Energy's Dividend History.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The coal producer reported ($0.21) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.97) by $0.76. The coal producer earned $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.04 billion. Peabody Energy had a positive return on equity of 1.83% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 20.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.97 earnings per share. View Peabody Energy's Earnings History.

Peabody Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Peabody Energy.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Peabody Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Peabody Energy's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 342.9% 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 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Peabody Energy.

News stories about BTU stock have been trending very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Peabody Energy earned a coverage optimism score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the coal producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Peabody Energy.

Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 11,050,000 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the January 30th total of 9,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 11.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Peabody Energy investors own include Peabody Energy (BTUUQ), AbbVie (ABBV), Replimune Group (REPL), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Canopy Growth (CGC), IBM (IBM), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), General Electric (GE) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Peabody Energy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Contrarian Capital Management L.L.C. (5.17%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.75%), State Street Corp (3.69%), Platinum Investment Management Ltd. (3.62%), Hosking Partners LLP (1.94%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%). 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, Marc E Hathhorn 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 Contrarian Capital Management L.L.C., Alliancebernstein L.P., Man Group plc, Mackay Shields LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC and Geode Capital Management 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, Marc E Hathhorn and Paul V Richard. View Insider Buying and Selling for Peabody Energy.

BTU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Hosking Partners LLP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Magnolia Group LLC and FMR LLC. 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 $5.87.

Peabody Energy has a market capitalization of $570.04 million and generates $4.62 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $-211,300,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.54 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]