Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE:BTU) insider Kemal Williamson sold 8,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.45, for a total value of $80,325.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 183,317 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,732,345.65. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.
Kemal Williamson also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Tuesday, May 18th, Kemal Williamson sold 60,000 shares of Peabody Energy stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.15, for a total value of $429,000.00.
NYSE:BTU opened at $7.70 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $5.90. The company has a market cap of $756.91 million, a P/E ratio of -0.41 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58. Peabody Energy Co. has a fifty-two week low of $0.80 and a fifty-two week high of $9.76.
Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 29th. The coal producer reported ($0.79) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.48) by $0.69. The firm had revenue of $651.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $667.25 million. Peabody Energy had a negative return on equity of 32.53% and a negative net margin of 67.78%. The company’s revenue was down 23.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($1.31) EPS. On average, analysts expect that Peabody Energy Co. will post -1.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 36.2% during the 1st quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 24,046 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $73,000 after buying an additional 6,397 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA lifted its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 25.1% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA now owns 32,857 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $101,000 after buying an additional 6,585 shares during the last quarter. Paloma Partners Management Co lifted its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. Paloma Partners Management Co now owns 64,506 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $197,000 after buying an additional 6,937 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. lifted its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 121.4% during the 4th quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 14,720 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 8,072 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tudor Investment Corp Et Al lifted its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 3.9% during the 4th quarter. Tudor Investment Corp Et Al now owns 228,829 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $551,000 after buying an additional 8,529 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 75.61% of the company’s stock.
Separately, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Peabody Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 5th.
About Peabody Energy
Peabody Energy Corporation engages in coal mining business in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, China, India, Vietnam, South Korea, and internationally. The company operates through Seaborne Thermal Mining, Seaborne Metallurgical Mining, Powder River Basin Mining, and Other U.S. Thermal Mining segments.
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