In the last trading session, 5.18 million shares of the Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) were traded, and its beta was 0.52. Most recently the company’s share price was $12.37, and it changed around $0.34 or 2.83% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.50B. BTU currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $29.94, offering almost -142.04% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $9.61, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 22.31% since then. We note from Peabody Energy Corp’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 9.2 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 4.87 million.
Peabody Energy Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended BTU as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Peabody Energy Corp is expected to report earnings per share of 0.03 for the current quarter.
Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) trade information
Instantly BTU has showed a green trend with a performance of 2.83% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 13.66 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 9.44%. The company’s shares are currently down -40.93% year-to-date, but still up 9.86% over the last five days. On the other hand, Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) is -7.34% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 15.11 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.1 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $27.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 55.02% from its current value. Analyst projections state that BTU is forecast to be at a low of $26 and a high of $29.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be -5.50%, down from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 2 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 950.85M in revenue for the current quarter. 1 analysts expect Peabody Energy Corp to make 954.8M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 983.6M and 1.04B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -3.33%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -8.37%.
Peabody Energy Corp earnings are expected to increase by -73.14% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -6.34% per year for the next five years.
BTU Dividends
Peabody Energy Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-05. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.43 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.30. It is important to note, however, that the 2.43% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.60% of Peabody Energy Corp shares, and 93.62% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 94.18%. Peabody Energy Corp stock is held by 385.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 13.6105% of the shares, which is about 17.15 million shares worth $379.34 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 10.9866% or 14.07 million shares worth $311.31 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 7.51 shares worth $92.93 million, making up 6.18% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF held roughly 7.3 shares worth around $90.31 million, which represents about 6.01% of the total shares outstanding.
