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Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) closed the day trading at $12.9 down -3.37% from the previous closing price of $13.35. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.37% from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.99 million shares were traded. BTU stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.31 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.8.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BTU, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.77 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.
On June 07, 2022, Jefferies Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold and also upped its target price recommendation from $25 to $36.
The Benchmark Company Upgraded its Hold to Buy on October 29, 2021, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $16.
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. 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 1568214272 and an Enterprise Value of 1321440000. As of this moment, Peabody’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.44. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.315 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.877.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BTU is 0.52, which has changed by -0.4131028 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11213791 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 -4.04%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -30.76%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BTU traded about 5.13M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BTU traded about 4380050 shares per day. 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 94.01% stake in the company. Shares short for BTU as of 1748563200 were 15484525 with a Short Ratio of 3.02, compared to 1745971200 on 15351022. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15484525 and a Short% of Float of 17.740000000000002.
Dividends & Splits
BTU’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.30, up from 0.3 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02247191
