Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) has a beta value of 0.47 and has seen 0.41 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.60B, closed the recent trade at $13.15 per share which meant it lost -$0.38 on the day or -2.85% during that session. The BTU stock price is -127.68% off its 52-week high price of $29.94 and 7.6% above the 52-week low of $12.15. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.6 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.99 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.40. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.19.
Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) trade information
Sporting -2.85% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the BTU stock price touched $13.15 or saw a rise of 8.74%. Year-to-date, Peabody Energy Corp shares have moved -37.23%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -6.44%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) have changed 2.14%. Short interest in the company has seen 17.05 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.82.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $27.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 52.18% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $26.0 while the price target rests at a high of $29.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -120.53% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -97.72% from the levels at last check today.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -50.47% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -4.49%.
3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 976.57M for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of 991.5M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 983.6M and 1.04B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -0.72% for the current quarter and -4.49% for the next. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -55.26% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -2.98%.
BTU Dividends
Peabody Energy Corp is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-05 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.30 at a share yield of 2.28%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.60% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 93.73% with a share float percentage of 94.29%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Peabody Energy Corp having a total of 388.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 17.15 million shares worth more than $379.34 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 13.6105% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 14.07 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $311.31 million and represent 10.9866% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF. As of Feb 28, 2025, the former fund manager holds about 6.37% shares in the company for having 7.74 shares of worth $101.14 million while later fund manager owns 7.3 shares of worth $95.35 million as of Jan 31, 2025, which makes it owner of about 6.01% of company’s outstanding stock.
