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The price of Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) closed at $16.08 in the last session, up 3.94% from day before closing price of $15.47. In other words, the price has increased by $3.94 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.0 million shares were traded. BTU stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.12 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.53.
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 1.77 and its Current Ratio is at 2.36. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.11 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.11.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. 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. On Nov 06 ’24, another insider, Spurbeck Mark, who serves as the EVP and CFO of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $29.52 each. As a result, the insider received 295,200 and left with 65,710 shares of the company.
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 1954797312 and an Enterprise Value of 1708128000. As of this moment, Peabody’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.03, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.47 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.408 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.426.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BTU is 0.52, which has changed by -0.2760018 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15366066 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BTU has reached a high of $29.94, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 12.55%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.51%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, BTU traded on average about 4.81M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6231130 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 121.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 120.56M. Insiders hold about 0.86% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.35% stake in the company. Shares short for BTU as of 1752537600 were 17827494 with a Short Ratio of 3.71, compared to 1749772800 on 14690599. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17827494 and a Short% of Float of 20.43.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for BTU is 0.30, which was 0.3 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.019392373
