B. Riley Has Negative View of Peabody Energy FY2025 Earnings

Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) – Investment analysts at B. Riley decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Peabody Energy in a research note issued to investors on Monday, November 3rd. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now expects that the coal producer will earn ($0.43) per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of ($0.30). B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Peabody Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.61 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Peabody Energy’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.76 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.61 EPS.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The coal producer reported ($0.58) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.19) by ($0.39). The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $990.20 million. Peabody Energy had a net margin of 3.43% and a return on equity of 4.41%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.74 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on BTU. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Peabody Energy from $17.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research lowered Peabody Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Peabody Energy in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Benchmark lifted their target price on Peabody Energy from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Peabody Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, November 2nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Peabody Energy presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $27.00.

Peabody Energy Stock Up 2.3%

Peabody Energy stock opened at $30.39 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $3.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.51 and a beta of 0.50. Peabody Energy has a 52-week low of $9.61 and a 52-week high of $35.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 2.21. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $26.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $18.72.

Peabody Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 13th. Peabody Energy’s dividend payout ratio is -103.45%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Peabody Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BTU. State Street Corp increased its stake in Peabody Energy by 19.3% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,208,031 shares of the coal producer’s stock valued at $123,572,000 after purchasing an additional 1,487,531 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Peabody Energy by 5.5% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 4,071,360 shares of the coal producer’s stock valued at $54,638,000 after buying an additional 212,583 shares in the last quarter. Progeny 3 Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Peabody Energy by 0.5% during the second quarter. Progeny 3 Inc. now owns 3,916,934 shares of the coal producer’s stock valued at $52,565,000 after buying an additional 18,920 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 1.4% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,009,472 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $40,395,000 after acquiring an additional 40,785 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sourcerock Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Peabody Energy in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,092,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.44% of the company’s stock.

Peabody Energy Company Profile

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.