Peabody Energy Corp. [BTU] stock is trading at $22.94, down -0.65%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The BTU shares have lost -1.63% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.16%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Peabody Energy Corp. [NYSE: BTU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 07, 2022, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $36 from $25. Previously, The Benchmark Company upgraded its rating to Buy on October 29, 2021, and kept the price target unchanged to $16. On October 04, 2021, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $22 on the stock. Vertical Research downgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $3 on August 07, 2020. Clarksons Platou downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on March 20, 2020, but kept the price target unchanged to $4. In a note dated February 07, 2020, The Benchmark Company initiated an Hold rating.
Peabody Energy Corp. [BTU] stock has fluctuated between $17.71 and $27.70 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $33.5 within the next 12 months. Peabody Energy Corp. [NYSE: BTU] shares were valued at $22.94 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 46.03% based on the average BTU price forecast.
Analyzing the BTU fundamentals
Peabody Energy Corp. [NYSE:BTU] reported sales of 4.86B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -21.53%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.22 and Total Capital is 0.21. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.1.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 22.74 points at the first support level, and at 22.55 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 23.21, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 23.48.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Peabody Energy Corp.’s Current Ratio is 2.06. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.70, while the Cash Ratio is 0.99. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.61, the price to book ratio is 0.83 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 4.61.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jarboe Scott T., CAO and Corporate Secretary, that happened on Feb 27 ’24 when 14582.0 shares were sold. EVP & COO, Yeates Darren Ronald completed a deal on Feb 23 ’24 to sell 25793.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP and CFO Spurbeck Mark sold 6826.0 shares on Feb 23 ’24.
