A new trading day began on Monday, with Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) stock price down -1.05% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $23.85. BTU’s price has ranged from $20.21 to $29.94 over the past 52 weeks.
Here's Your FREE Report on the #1 Small-Cap Uranium Stock of '24.
Small-cap Uranium stocks are booming in 2024! The company we're about to show you is the ONLY small-cap stock in the space that benefits from ALL aspects of the global Uranium industry with none of the risks of running a mine. Smart investors will not be hesitating on this one!
Get the FREE Report with all the details here.
Sponsored
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Energy sector saw sales topped by 2.60%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -41.98%. With a float of $120.70 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $121.40 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 5400 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 13.28%, operating margin of 11.0%, and the pretax margin is 16.94%.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Thermal Coal Industry. The insider ownership of Peabody Energy Corp is 0.66%, while institutional ownership is 92.65%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 06 ’24, was worth 295,200. In this transaction EVP and CFO of this company sold 10,000 shares at a rate of $29.52, taking the stock ownership to the 65,710 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 06 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 10,000 for $29.52, making the entire transaction worth $295,212.
Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.3 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.55 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -41.98% per share during the next fiscal year.
Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Peabody Energy Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.75. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.67. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 2.79.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.77, a number that is poised to hit 0.54 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)
The latest stats from [Peabody Energy Corp, BTU] show that its last 5-days average volume of 4.29 million was superior to 3.0 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 5.96%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.13.
During the past 100 days, Peabody Energy Corp’s (BTU) raw stochastic average was set at 34.84%, which indicates a significant increase from 6.68% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 51.08% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 40.07% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $26.01, while its 200-day Moving Average is $23.91. Now, the first resistance to watch is $24.03. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $24.46. The third major resistance level sits at $24.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $23.22, it is likely to go to the next support level at $22.83. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $22.40.
Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 2.87 billion, the company has a total of 121,500K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 4,947 M while annual income is 759,600 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,088 M while its latest quarter income was 101,300 K.
