Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) shares, rose in value on Thursday, May 08, with the stock price down by -1.19% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $14.16.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $14.33. The PE ratio was 5.35 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $29.94, and the low was $9.61. On the whole, BTU has fluctuated by 25.75% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Peabody Energy Corp currently standing at about $1.72 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in June. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.30, with its dividend yield at 2.12%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 3.95B, with a low estimate of 946M and a high estimate of 948M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 947M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that BTU’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 29.74, with the price of BTU currently trading nearly 10.90% and 9.00% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 58.46, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 7.15% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 7.33%. Furthermore, Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)’s beta value is 0.52, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.88.
A comparison of Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. BTU showed an intraday change of -1.19% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -35.22%%.
Data on historical trading for Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 5.39 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 121.57 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.77% of Peabody Energy Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 85.45% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -32.38% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the BTU stock heading into the next quarter.
