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In the latest session, Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) closed at $28.21 down -0.95% from its previous closing price of $28.48. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.95 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.5 million shares were traded. BTU stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.52.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Peabody Energy Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various 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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. 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 3430336000 and an Enterprise Value of 3278535936. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.61. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.827 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.696.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BTU is 0.41, which has changed by 0.27770305 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13042927 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 -3.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 50.53%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, BTU has traded an average of 4.61M shares per day and 2411540 over the past ten days. 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 98.25% stake in the company. Shares short for BTU as of 1764288000 were 15825076 with a Short Ratio of 3.44, compared to 1761868800 on 17181811. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15825076 and a Short% of Float of 18.129998.
