Peabody Energy is a thermal coal business based in the US. Peabody Energy shares (BTU) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $13.53 – an increase of 5.62% over the previous week. Peabody Energy employs 5,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.2 billion.
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| Latest market close | $13.53 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $9.61 - $29.72 |
| 50-day moving average | $13.12 |
| 200-day moving average | $20.26 |
| Wall St. target price | $21.40 |
| PE ratio | 4.5458 |
| Dividend yield | $0.3 (2.43%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.73 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $12.81 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-29) | 12.81 |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-07) | 24.25% |
| 3 months (2025-02-07) | -19.59% |
| 6 months (2024-11-07) | -55.92% |
| 1 year (2024-05-07) | -41.59% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | -42.29% |
| 3 years (2022-05-06) | 21.8258 |
| 5 years (2020-05-07) | 382.21% |
Valuing Peabody Energy stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Peabody Energy's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Peabody Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 5x. In other words, Peabody Energy shares trade at around 5x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Peabody Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $709.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Peabody Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $4.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.94% |
| Gross profit TTM | $815.8 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.88% |
| Return on equity TTM | 11.13% |
| Profit margin | 8.75% |
| Book value | $30.07 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 15.88% of net profits
Recently Peabody Energy has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Peabody Energy shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Peabody Energy's case, that would currently equate to about $0.3 per share.
While Peabody Energy's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Peabody Energy is investing more in its future growth.
Peabody Energy's most recent dividend payout was on 10 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 February 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Peabody Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.61 up to $29.7176. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Peabody Energy's is 0.522. This would suggest that Peabody Energy's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Peabody Energy Corporation engages in coal mining business. It operates through Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U. S. Thermal, and Corporate and Other segments. The company is involved in the mining, preparation, and sale of thermal coal primarily to electric utilities; mining of bituminous and sub-bituminous coal deposits; utilization of surface and underground extraction processes to mine low-sulfur and high British thermal unit thermal coal; and mining metallurgical coal, such as hard coking coal, semi-hard coking coal, semi-soft coking coal, and pulverized coal injection coal. It also supplies coal primarily to electricity generators, industrial facilities, and steel manufacturers. In addition, the company engages in trading of coal and freight-related contracts, as well as provides transportation-related services.
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