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Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU)

Energy | Thermal Coal | Saint Louis, United States | NYSE
23.60 USD +0.23 (0.984%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:19 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Peabody Energy is currently broken by a perfect storm of operational setbacks and legal overhang. The company slashed its Australian production forecast, triggering a 10% drop, while investors face the looming threat of a securities class-action lawsuit regarding past disclosures. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating: profit margins are negative, free cash flow is in the red, and the stock has suffered a catastrophic 41% decline over the last eight years, with the most recent annual performance showing another sharp drop. Although the forward P/E looks cheap at 6x, this is a value trap reflecting the reality of a company with no earnings and a shrinking asset base. The dividend, while seemingly stable at 1.28%, is paid on a balance sheet that is barely solvent, with debt nearly matching cash reserves. Options markets confirm this pessimism, with traders aggressively buying deep out-of-the-money puts to hedge against further declines. There is no catalyst here to reverse the multi-year downtrend; the structural damage to the balance sheet and the regulatory headwinds suggest the stock will remain under pressure until the legal dust settles and operations stabilize.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.084046
AutoETS0.084112
MSTL0.085139
AutoTheta0.090377

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 1.66
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.254
Excess Kurtosis -0.40
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 12.135
Revenue per Share 31.982
Market Cap 2,875,283,200
Forward P/E 6.26
Beta 0.37
Profit Margins -3.07%
Website https://www.peabodyenergy.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:19 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 15, 18, 19, 21) and significant volume spikes in put writing at strikes 22 and 27. While there is some call activity at strikes 24 and 27.5, the overwhelming capital allocation is defensive, suggesting a fear of further production cuts or legal liabilities driving the price lower.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.32% 1.22% 1.38% 0.89%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-19 0.075 0.315922
2026-02-23 0.075 0.226040
2025-11-13 0.075 0.257998
2025-08-14 0.075 0.417362
2025-05-15 0.075 0.524109
2025-02-19 0.075 0.500668
2024-11-14 0.075 0.277264
2024-08-15 0.075 0.341219
2024-05-15 0.075 0.329815
2024-02-21 0.075 0.303644
2023-11-08 0.075 0.335121
2023-08-09 0.075 0.316589
2023-05-10 0.075 0.322581
2019-10-29 0.145 1.161859
2019-08-20 0.145 0.749354
2019-05-21 0.140 0.527704
2019-03-11 1.850 6.390328
2019-02-19 0.130 0.417872
2018-10-30 0.130 0.370793
2018-08-01 0.125 0.293841
2018-05-18 0.115 0.276177
2018-02-15 0.115 0.277577
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.3
dividendYield 1.28
exDividendDate 2026-05-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.3
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.01283697
lastDividendValue 0.075
lastDividendDate 2026-05-19
dividendDate 2026-06-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.56530476
Address1 Peabody Plaza
Address2 701 Market Street
All Time High 47.84
All Time Low 0.8
Ask 23.88
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,934,420
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,357,560
Average Volume 3,357,560
Average Volume10Days 2,934,420
Beta 0.369
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 3
Book Value 28.696
City Saint Louis
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 23.6
Current Ratio 1.866
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 23.84
Day Low 23.24
Debt To Equity 12.135
Display Name Peabody Energy
Dividend Date 1,780,876,800
Dividend Rate 0.3
Dividend Yield 1.28
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,993,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,993,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,984,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,414,600
Ebitda 335,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.08595
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.527
Enterprise To Revenue 0.733
Enterprise Value 2,856,480,000
Eps Current Year 0.7125
Eps Forward 3.7675
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.98
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,779,148,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 25.2948
Fifty Day Average Change -1.6947994
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.067001894
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 56.530476
Fifty Two Week High 41.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -17.539999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.42634904
Fifty Two Week Low 14.25
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.35
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6561404
Fifty Two Week Range 14.25 - 41.14
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,491,226,200,000
Float Shares 114,405,522
Forward Eps 3.7675
Forward P E 6.264101
Free Cashflow -16,025,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 5,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.120170005
Gross Profits 468,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00993
Held Percent Institutions 1.00232
Implied Shares Outstanding 121,834,029
Industry Thermal Coal
Industry Disp Thermal Coal
Industry Key thermal-coal
Ir Website http://www.peabodyenergy.com/content/105/Investors
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,779,148,800
Last Dividend Value 0.075
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Peabody Energy Corporation engages in the production of metallurgical and thermal coal. It operates through Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, and Other U.S. Thermal segments. The company operates mines in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia and in Alabama and Wyoming in the United States; mining, preparation, and sale of thermal coal, sold primarily to electric utilities; surface mining extraction processes, coal with a lower sulfur content, and Btu; and mining sub-bituminous coal deposits. It also supplies coal primarily to electricity generators, industrial facilities, and steel manufacturers. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Long Name Peabody Energy Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,875,283,200
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_32792
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -119,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,875,283,084
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 23.66
Operating Cashflow 243,800,000
Operating Margins -0.04695
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.2752
Phone 314 342 3400
Pre Market Change 0.23999977
Pre Market Change Percent 1.0165174
Pre Market Price 23.85
Pre Market Time 1,784,028,777
Previous Close 23.37
Price Eps Current Year 33.12281
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.82241434
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.7376682
Profit Margins -0.03071
Quick Ratio 0.99
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.23
Regular Market Change Percent 0.984166
Regular Market Day High 23.84
Regular Market Day Low 23.24
Regular Market Day Range 23.24 - 23.84
Regular Market Open 23.66
Regular Market Previous Close 23.37
Regular Market Price 23.6
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 1,797,550
Return On Assets -0.00717
Return On Equity -0.02922
Revenue Growth 0.039
Revenue Per Share 31.982
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 121,834,029
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.106400006
Shares Short 12,960,453
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 13,577,077
Short Name Peabody Energy Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.14829999
Short Ratio 3.84
Source Interval 15
State MO
Symbol BTU
Target High Price 40.0
Target Low Price 30.0
Target Mean Price 32.83333
Target Median Price 31.0
Total Cash 492,500,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.044
Total Debt 429,600,000
Total Revenue 3,897,799,936
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.3
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.01283697
Trailing Eps -0.98
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 29.8568
Two Hundred Day Average Change -6.2567997
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.20956029
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,797,550
Website https://www.peabodyenergy.com
Zip 63,101-1826