On Tuesday, Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) was -6.76% down from the session before settling in for the closing price of $23.53. A 52-week range for BTU has been $17.71 – $27.24.
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Annual sales at Energy sector company grew by 2.60% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -37.98%. With a float of $127.76 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $128.70 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 5400 employees.
Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Peabody Energy Corp. stocks. The insider ownership of Peabody Energy Corp. is 0.47%, while institutional ownership is 81.71%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 27 ’24, was worth 362,363. In this transaction CAO and Corporate Secretary of this company sold 14,582 shares at a rate of $24.85, taking the stock ownership to the 66,133 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 23 ’24, when Company’s EVP & COO sold 25,793 for $24.71, making the entire transaction worth $637,345. This insider now owns 80,367 shares in total.
Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -37.98% per share during the next fiscal year.
Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.70. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.58. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 2.00.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.97, a number that is poised to hit 0.31 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.70 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU)
Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) saw its 5-day average volume 2.43 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 3.64 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 22.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.73.
During the past 100 days, Peabody Energy Corp.’s (BTU) raw stochastic average was set at 1.85%, which indicates a significant decrease from 3.33% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 38.54% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 32.34% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $24.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $23.95. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $22.87 in the near term. At $23.79, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $24.29. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $21.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $20.95. The third support level lies at $20.03 if the price breaches the second support level.
Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) Key Stats
There are 127,292K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 2.82 billion. As of now, sales total 4,947 M while income totals 759,600 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,235 M while its last quarter net income were 192,000 K.
