At the time of writing, Peabody Energy Corp [BTU] stock is trading at $14.88, down -0.33%. 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 4.35% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 12.13%, and 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 July 15, 2025, when UBS initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $14. Previously, BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Outperform on December 16, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $26. On June 07, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $36 on the stock. The Benchmark Company upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $16 on October 29, 2021. B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $22 on October 04, 2021. Vertical Research downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on August 07, 2020, but kept the price target unchanged to $3. In a note dated May 07, 2020, Clarksons Platou downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Peabody Energy Corp fluctuated between $9.61 and $29.94. 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 $14.88 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 84.81% based on the average BTU price forecast.
Analyzing the BTU fundamentals
According to Peabody Energy Corp [NYSE:BTU], the company’s sales were 4.18B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 2.35% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.17% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, 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 0.08. 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 14.55 points at the first support level, and at 14.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 15.23, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 15.59.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Peabody Energy Corp [NYSE:BTU] has a current ratio of 2.36. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.77, while the Cash Ratio is 0.98. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.43, the price to book ratio is 0.49 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 5.58.
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.
