Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Peabody Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BTU shares.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Peabody Energy's shares. Their BTU share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $36.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $32.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 55.2% from the stock's current price.
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Peabody Energy's stock was trading at $26.42 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BTU stock has decreased by 21.3% and is now trading at $20.78.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 27th. The coal producer reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.11. The coal producer earned $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 29.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 48.04%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 97.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.51 EPS.

Peabody Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share on Wednesday, May 31st. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 10th.
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Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.41%. The dividend payout ratio is 2.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BTU will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Peabody Energy announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, April 17th 2023, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 26.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BTU."

Peabody Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.49%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.97%), State Street Corp (4.30%), Boston Partners (4.06%), Susquehanna International Group LLP (0.00%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Elliott Investment Management, Glenn L Kellow, Kemal Williamson, Marc E Hathhorn, Mark Spurbeck, Paul V Richard and Scott T Jarboe.
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One share of BTU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.78.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) has a market capitalization of $3.01 billion and generates $4.98 billion in revenue each year. The coal producer earns $1.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,500 workers across the globe.

Peabody Energy's mailing address is 701 MARKET ST, ST LOUIS MO, 63101. The official website for the company is www.peabodyenergy.com. The coal producer can be reached via phone at (314) 342-3400, via email at ir@peabodyenergy.com, or via fax at 302-636-5454.