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The price of Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) closed at $29.83 in the last session, down -2.00% from day before closing price of $30.44. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.00 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.09 million shares were traded. BTU stock price reached its highest trading level at $31.05 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.741.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at BTU’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 3627328000 and an Enterprise Value of 3475527936. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.19. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.877 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.159.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BTU is 0.40, which has changed by 0.45925212 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17673707 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 3.74%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 50.51%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, BTU traded on average about 3.87M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2481220 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 121.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 113.85M. Insiders hold about 6.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.24% stake in the company. Shares short for BTU as of 1765756800 were 16875286 with a Short Ratio of 4.36, compared to 1763078400 on 17028900. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16875286 and a Short% of Float of 19.33.
