Peabody Energy Co. Expected to Earn Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.57 Per Share (NYSE:BTU)

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) – Research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Peabody Energy in a research note issued on Tuesday, October 15th. B. Riley analyst L. Pipes anticipates that the coal producer will post earnings per share of $0.57 for the quarter. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $34.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Peabody Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.98 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Peabody Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.97 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The coal producer reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.90. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 12.69% and a return on equity of 15.35%. The company had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion.

Separately, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on shares of Peabody Energy from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th.

Peabody Energy Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of NYSE:BTU opened at $25.68 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $3.27 billion, a PE ratio of 7.15 and a beta of 0.96. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $23.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.21. Peabody Energy has a fifty-two week low of $20.21 and a fifty-two week high of $27.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 2.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09.

Institutional Trading of Peabody Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Creative Planning raised its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 62.7% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 17,757 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $471,000 after buying an additional 6,844 shares in the last quarter. CX Institutional bought a new stake in shares of Peabody Energy during the 3rd quarter worth about $3,133,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 15.1% during the 3rd quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 20,293 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $539,000 after buying an additional 2,665 shares in the last quarter. Cypress Wealth Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Peabody Energy during the 3rd quarter worth about $204,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 292.6% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,057 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 1,533 shares in the last quarter. 87.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Peabody Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 15th were given a dividend of $0.075 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 15th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.17%. Peabody Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8.36%.

About Peabody Energy

Peabody Energy Corporation engages in coal mining business in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, India, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, France, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U.S.