Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) is -11.37% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.73 and a high of $29.94 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BTU stock was last observed hovering at around $18.82 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.26%.
Currently trading at $18.56, the stock is -8.22% and -20.89% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.33 million and changing -1.38% at the moment leaves the stock -20.54% off its SMA200. BTU registered -22.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.95%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $23.5844 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $23.38555.
The stock witnessed a -16.36% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -31.54%, and is -4.82% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.66% over the week and 3.76% over the month.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) has around 5400 employees, a market worth around $2.26B and $4.27B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 4.92 and Fwd P/E is 8.66. Profit margin for the company is 12.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.67% and -38.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.12%).
with sales reaching $1.11B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -43.29% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -14.69% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -10.52% in year-over-year returns.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Top Institutional Holders
375.0 institutions hold shares in Peabody Energy Corp (BTU), with institutional investors hold 96.81% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 121.40M, and float is at 120.57M with Short Float at 10.56%. Institutions hold 96.28% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 17.15 million shares valued at $379.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.3873% of the BTU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.07 million shares valued at $311.31 million to account for 10.9866 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 7.26 million shares representing 5.6637% and valued at over $160.48 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.5359 of the shares totaling 7.09 million with a market value of $156.86 million.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Spurbeck Mark, the company’s EVP and CFO. SEC filings show that Spurbeck Mark sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 06 ’24 at a price of $29.52 per share for a total of $0.3 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 65710.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’24, Jarboe Scott T. (CAO and Corporate Secretary) disposed off 14,582 shares at an average price of $24.85 for $0.36 million. The insider now directly holds 66,133 shares of Peabody Energy Corp (BTU).
