Peabody Energy Corp [BTU] stock is trading at $14.50, up 3.57%. 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 gain 8.61% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.96%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Peabody Energy Corp [NYSE: BTU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 16, 2024, when BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $26 for it. Previously, Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy on June 07, 2022, and elevated its price target to $36. On October 29, 2021, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $16 on the stock. B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $22 on October 04, 2021. Vertical Research downgraded its rating to a Hold but $3 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 07, 2020. Clarksons Platou downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on May 07, 2020. In a note dated March 20, 2020, Deutsche Bank downgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $4.
Peabody Energy Corp [BTU] stock has fluctuated between $12.15 and $29.94 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $27.5 within the next 12 months. Peabody Energy Corp [NYSE: BTU] shares were valued at $14.50 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 89.66% based on the average BTU price forecast.
Analyzing the BTU fundamentals
Peabody Energy Corp [NYSE:BTU] reported sales of 4.16B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -9.06%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.11% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.02.
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 14.02 points at the first support level, and at 13.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 14.81, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 15.12.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Peabody Energy Corp’s Current Ratio is 2.15. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.68, while the Cash Ratio is 0.85. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.42, the price to book ratio is 0.48 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 5.39.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jarboe Scott T., CAO and Corporate Secretary, that happened on Mar 03 ’25 when 2018.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, Grech James C. completed a deal on Feb 24 ’25 to buy 6684.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP and CFO Spurbeck Mark sold 10000.0 shares on Nov 06 ’24.
