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. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.145 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 29th. View Peabody Energy's Dividend History.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The coal producer reported ($0.81) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.17) by $0.64. The coal producer had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.09 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 6.92% and a return on equity of 6.72%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.63 EPS. View Peabody Energy's Earnings History.

Peabody Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Peabody Energy.

Peabody Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Peabody Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Peabody Energy's share price to reach $26.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 242.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Peabody Energy.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Peabody Energy.

Media stories about BTU stock have trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Peabody Energy earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the coal producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Peabody Energy.

Peabody Energy saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,790,000 shares, an increase of 36.4% from the December 15th total of 7,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.0 days. Approximately 10.3% of the company's shares 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).

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Peabody Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC (0.04%), FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors 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 Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC and FNY Investment Advisers 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 $7.68.

Peabody Energy has a market capitalization of $821.23 million and generates $5.58 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $646.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.15 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]