Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last year. There are currently 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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3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Peabody Energy's stock. Their BTU share price targets range from $28.00 to $32.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price.
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Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $24.32 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BTU shares have decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $24.09.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Peabody Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 8th. The coal producer reported $1.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.08. The coal producer earned $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.22 billion. Peabody Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.45% and a net margin of 15.36%. Peabody Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.65 earnings per share.

Peabody Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, March 13th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 21st.
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Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.25%. The dividend payout ratio is 6.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BTU will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (PSCE), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), Direxion Daily Metals & Mining Bull 2X Shares (MNM), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC), First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FNK), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV).

Peabody Energy announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, April 17th 2023, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 26.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Peabody Energy issued an update on its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $980.0 million-$980.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 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's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Portman Square Capital LLP (0.00%), Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.46%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.13%), Cadent Capital Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Range Financial Group LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Darren Ronald Yeates, Elliott Investment Management, Kemal Williamson, Marc E Hathhorn, Mark Spurbeck, Nicholas J Chirekos, Paul V Richard and Scott T Jarboe.
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