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Peabody Energy Corporation

BTU

NYSE·Energy·Coal·Mkt cap $2.7B

$22.30

▲ +0.45%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$14.02 - $41.14

P/E

-22.43

Fwd P/E

36.76

Beta

0.34

Div Yield

1.35%

Avg Vol

3.5M

Shares Out

121.8M

Mkt Cap

$2.7B

Price action

Price chart

Up 51.2% over the trailing year

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Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

6 reasons

  • Massive proven and probable reserves of 2.5 billion tons providing long-term production security
  • Diversified geographic portfolio across U.S. and Australia reducing geopolitical and operational risk
  • Scale advantages with 17 operating mines enabling cost efficiency and market influence
  • Integrated supply chain from mining through trading and transportation services
  • Access to premium metallurgical coal markets serving global steel manufacturers
  • Established relationships with major utilities and industrial customers worldwide
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Bear Case

2 risks

  • Low volatility (beta 0.3).
  • Premium valuation to Diversified Mining peers

Growth

Turning profitable

Global steel production demand supporting metallurgical coal prices and volumes

Value

Premium valuation to Diversified Mining peers

Momentum

Falling

-33.9% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Mixed fundamentals

Dividend

Modest

1.35% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: May 4, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 5, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.26 vs $0.17 consensus (-250.6% surprise). Revenue of $973.3M vs $977.4M expected (-0.4%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-250.6%

Next: May 4, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-9%

-5%

-15%

-7%

-9%

+4%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$1.0B

$1.1B

$1.1B

$937.0M

$890.1M

$1.0B

$1.0B

$973.3M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

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Operating

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Profit

-3.3%

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Wall Street consensus

4 analysts · 75% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

3

75%

Hold

1

25%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

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Latest: UBS · May 6, 2026

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vs Industry

How BTU stacks vs Coal

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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