Peabody Energy
About: Peabody Energy Corp is a producer of metallurgical and thermal coal. It also markets and brokers coal, both as principal and agent, and trades coal and freight-related contracts. The company operates in the following segment: Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U.S. Thermal and Corporate and Other. Powder River Basin segment generates the majority of the revenue for the company. A substantial part of its overall revenue is generated from its customers in the United States, and rest from Japan, China, Australia, Taiwan and other regions.
Employees: 5,400
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
62% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 63 | Existing positions closed: 39
58% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $197M | Put options by funds: $125M
33% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 112 | Existing positions reduced: 84
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 277 [Q3] → 296 (+19) [Q4]
2.41% less ownership
Funds ownership: 94.31% [Q3] → 91.9% (-2.41%) [Q4]
17% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 5 (-1) [Q4]
26% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.15B [Q3] → $2.34B (-$810M) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Benchmark Nathan Martin 34% 1-year accuracy 10 / 29 met price target | 78%upside $26 | Buy Maintained | 7 Feb 2025 |
Jefferies Chris LaFemina 65% 1-year accuracy 13 / 20 met price target | 78%upside $26 | Buy Maintained | 6 Jan 2025 |
BMO Capital Katja Jancic 45% 1-year accuracy 5 / 11 met price target | 78%upside $26 | Outperform Upgraded | 16 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about BTU published over the past 30 days









