Gains May Be On The Menu For Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU)

Currently, there are 121.40M common shares owned by the public and among those 120.63M shares have been available to trade.

Insiders at the company have transacted a total of 0 times over the past 12 months, according to data filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 0 of these insider trades were purchases, accounting for 0 shares. Insider sales of the common stock occurred on 0 occasions, with total insider shares sold totaling 0 shares.

The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -12.32% and -45.67% over the past three months. BTU shares are trading -37.44% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -47.01% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $13.40 and touched a high of $29.94 over the same period. BTU has an average intraday trading volume of 3.05 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -16.87%, -27.35%, and -41.41% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) shares accounts for 92.51% of the company’s 121.40M shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $1.59B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.94. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 4.87, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $2.69. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 5.99% over the week and 5.34% over the month.

Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -49.40%, and 106.07% over the next financial year.

Looking at the support for the BTU, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. BMO Capital Markets stated their Outperform rating for the stock in a research note on December 16, 2024, with the firm’s price target at $26. Jefferies coverage for the Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) stock in a research note released on June 07, 2022 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $36. The Benchmark Company was of a view on October 29, 2021 that the stock is Buy, while B. Riley Securities gave the stock Buy rating on October 04, 2021, issuing a price target of $15- $22. Vertical Research on their part issued Hold rating on August 07, 2020.

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