PEABODY ENERGY CORP
PEABODY ENERGY CORP (BTU) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
At about $25, Peabody trades near 7 times mid-cycle operating income, a multiple low enough that the price sits below what even a steady 5%-a-year decline in operating profit would warrant. Unusually for a deeply cyclical name, all four valuation families support the price, so this is a value case rather than a growth bet. The trailing numbers are depressed by the cycle: the company is running a slight operating loss on current revenue, but its through-the-cycle margin is around 11%, and the mo
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373 institutional managers reported holding BTU in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 93% of the company; the top 10 hold 59%. 70 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 12.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 10% of shares outstanding (3.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
BTU's share count grew 20.6% over the past five years even with $530.80M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 3 years running, raised 2 years straight; the current rate is $0.30 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $103.10M in dividends and $357.80M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at BTU over the trailing three years: 2025: 1 buy totaling $100k. 14 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
BTU's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | -3.8% | +12.0% |
| 2023-11-04 | +4.5% | +9.2% |
| 2024-02-24 | -2.5% | -4.4% |
| 2024-05-10 | -0.2% | +5.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
BTU's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-01 (items 1.01, 9.01); 2026-06-15 (items 1.01, 1.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-02 (items 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 9.01); 2026-05-29 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-28 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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