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 twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BTU shares.
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4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Peabody Energy's shares. Their BTU share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $32.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.2% from the stock's current price.
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Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $10.07 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, BTU stock has increased by 161.2% and is now trading at $26.30.
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Peabody Energy saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 15,440,000 shares, a drop of 8.6% from the August 15th total of 16,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,700,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 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 quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The coal producer reported $2.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.05 by $0.38. The coal producer had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.35 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 19.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 60.85%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 82.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.35) earnings per share.

Peabody Energy issued an update on 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."

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One share of BTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.30.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) has a market capitalization of $3.78 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.