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Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) closed the day trading at $26.11 down -0.95% from the previous closing price of $26.36. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.95 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.33 million shares were traded. BTU stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.22 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $25.53.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BTU, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.49 and its Current Ratio is at 1.99. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.11.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, UBS on July 15, 2025, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $14.
On December 16, 2024, BMO Capital Markets Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Market Perform but kept the price unchanged to $26.
Jefferies Upgraded its Hold to Buy on June 07, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $25 to $36.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when Jarboe Scott T. sold 2,018 shares for $14.22 per share. The transaction valued at 28,696 led to the insider holds 77,619 shares of the business.
Grech James C. bought 6,684 shares of BTU for $100,059 on Feb 24 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 333,030 shares after completing the transaction at $14.97 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BTU now has a Market Capitalization of 3174976000 and an Enterprise Value of 3023175936. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.90. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.763 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.097.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BTU is 0.59, which has changed by 0.09332228 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09654534 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BTU has reached a high of $35.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 44.45%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BTU traded about 4.84M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BTU traded about 2946710 shares per day. A total of 121.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 113.86M. Insiders hold about 6.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.32% stake in the company. Shares short for BTU as of 1761868800 were 17181811 with a Short Ratio of 3.55, compared to 1759190400 on 16665988. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17181811 and a Short% of Float of 19.680001.
