Is Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) No Longer A Good Investment?

Ginger Lewis

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

BTU belongs to the Energy sector of the NYSE while operating in the Thermal Coal industry. The current market capitalization of Peabody Energy Corp is $4.00B. A total of 8.6 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 5.51M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Jarboe Scott T. sold 2,018 shares of BTU for 14.22 per share on Mar 03 ’25. After the transaction, the CAO and Corporate Secretary now owns 77,619 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 24 ’25, Grech James C. bought 6,684 shares at 14.97 per share. BTU shares that President and CEO owns now total 333,030.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Spurbeck Mark disposed of 10,000 shares on Nov 06 ’24 at a per-share price of $29.52. This resulted in the EVP and CFO holding 65,710 shares of BTU after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Spurbeck Mark bought 10,000 shares at $29.52 per share on Nov 06 ’24.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Peabody Energy Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.30, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.91%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.17.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, BTU has a high of $35.99 and a low of $9.61.

As of this writing, BTU has an earnings estimate of -$0.13 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 2.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.01 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.27. The company reported an EPS of $0.77 in the last quarter

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. 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 $29.81, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.82B.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock.

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