Can Peabody Energy Corp’s (BTU) hike of 3.63% in a week be considered a lucky break?

Shaun Noe

Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) on Monday, plunged -4.48% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $29.02. Within the past 52 weeks, BTU’s price has moved between $9.61 and $35.99.

The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -118.60%. With a float of $113.86 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $121.60 million.

Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Observing investor behavior towards Thermal Coal industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Peabody Energy Corp is 6.37%, while institutional ownership is 98.25%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 03 ’25, was worth 28,696. In this transaction CAO and Corporate Secretary of this company sold 2,018 shares at a rate of $14.22, taking the stock ownership to the 77,619 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 24 ’25, when Company’s President and CEO bought 6,684 for $14.97, making the entire transaction worth $100,059. This insider now owns 333,030 shares in total.

Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -118.60% per share during the next fiscal year.

Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) Trading Performance Indicators

Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.49 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.85.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.29, a number that is poised to hit -0.02 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.38 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.92 million. That was inferior than the volume of 4.7 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 66.60%.

During the past 100 days, Peabody Energy Corp’s (BTU) raw stochastic average was set at 61.96%, which indicates a significant increase from 43.71% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.39 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.29 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.21, while its 200-day Moving Average is $18.60. However, in the short run, Peabody Energy Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $28.84. Second resistance stands at $29.96. The third major resistance level sits at $30.88. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $26.80, it is likely to go to the next support level at $25.88. The third support level lies at $24.76 if the price breaches the second support level.

Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 3.37 billion based on 121,600K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 4,237 M and income totals 370,900 K. The company made 1,012 M in profit during its latest quarter, and -70,100 K in sales during its previous quarter.

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