Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) Shares Dropped -2.02% In A Week. Can It Continue Rising?

In last trading session, Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) saw 6.95 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 0.52. Company’s recent per share price level of $12.12 trading at -$0.3 or -2.42% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $1.47B. That closing price of BTU’s stock is at a discount of -147.03% from its 52-week high price of $29.94 and is indicating a premium of 20.71% from its 52-week low price of $9.61. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 8.23 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 5.02 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Peabody Energy Corp (BTU), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.00. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 2 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 0.07 in the current quarter.

Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) trade information

Upright in the red during last session for losing -2.42%, in the last five days BTU remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Wednesday, 04/23/25 when the stock touched $12.12 price level, adding 7.55% to its value on the day. Peabody Energy Corp’s shares saw a change of -42.12% in year-to-date performance and have moved -2.02% in past 5-day. Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) showed a performance of -16.41% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 15.11 million shares which calculate 3.1 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 27.5 to the stock, which implies a rise of 55.93% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 26 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 29. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -114.52% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -114.52% for stock’s current value.

Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to fall -3.76% from the last financial year’s standing.

1 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 961.7M for the same. And 1 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 954.8M in the next quarter. Company posted 983.6M and 1.04B of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around -73.14% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of -6.34%.

Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 0.60% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 92.63 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 93.19%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 92.63% institutions for Peabody Energy Corp that are currently holding shares of the company. BLACKROCK INC. is the top institutional holder at BTU for having 17.15 million shares of worth $379.34 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 13.6105 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 14.07 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 11.1697 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $311.31 million.

On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 7.51 shares of worth $91.05 million or 6.18% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 7.3 shares on Jan 31, 2025 , making its stake of worth around $88.49 million in the company or a holder of 6.01% of company’s stock.