There Is A Quest For Clarity Surrounding Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) Volatility

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This NYSE-listed company operates within the Thermal Coal industry segment, falling under the Energy sector. The current market capitalization of Peabody Energy Corp is $3.36B. A total of 2.31 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.77M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Jarboe Scott T. sold 14,582 shares of BTU for 24.85 per share on Feb 27 ’24. After the transaction, the CAO and Corporate Secretary now owns 66,133 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 23 ’24, Yeates Darren Ronald sold 25,793 shares at 24.71 per share. BTU shares that EVP & COO owns now total 80,367.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Spurbeck Mark disposed of 6,826 shares on Feb 23 ’24 at a per-share price of $24.57. This resulted in the EVP and CFO holding 75,464 shares of BTU after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Chirekos Nicholas J. sold 14,000 shares at $25.50 per share on Feb 12 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 24,279.

Dividend

The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Peabody Energy Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.30, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.13%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.06. BTU’s most recent ex-dividend date was 11/14/2024 when it declared a $0.0750 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/4/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/4/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 8/15/2024. The BTU stock dividend was $0.0750 per share in cash.

Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, BTU has a high of $27.29 and a low of $20.21.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. BTU’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $954.30M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.18B in debt and $931.70M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $29.05, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.82B.

Analysts Opinion

The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for BTU is Buy with a score of 4.50.

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