Peabody Energy - BTU Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BTU shares.
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5 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Peabody Energy's shares. Their BTU share price forecasts range from $31.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $34.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 47.6% 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 shares have decreased by 10.9% and is now trading at $23.54.
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Peabody Energy saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 17,200,000 shares, a decline of 6.2% from the February 13th total of 18,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,280,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 14th. The coal producer reported $3.92 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by $2.10. The coal producer earned $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.37 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 26.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 53.25%. Peabody Energy's revenue was up 30.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.43 earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), Direxion Daily Metal Miners Bull 2X Shares (MNM), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Momentum ETF (QMOM), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL), Cambria Value and Momentum ETF (VAMO), Strategas Macro Thematic Opportunities ETF (SAMT), Nuveen Small Cap Select ETF (NSCS) and Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC).

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 investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.73%), KGH Ltd (1.84%), Marshall Wace LLP (1.71%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.55%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.49%) and First Republic Investment Management Inc. (1.34%). Insiders that own company stock include 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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Shares of BTU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.54.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) has a market capitalization of $3.40 billion and generates $4.98 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $1.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.91 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,500 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.