Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -2.03% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $13.73.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $14.01. The PE ratio was 5.14 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 7.14% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Peabody Energy Corp currently standing at about $1.67 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 2.19%.
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 5.14, with the price of BTU currently trading nearly -2.54% and 3.28% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 49.38, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.66% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.71%. Furthermore, Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)’s beta value is 0.55, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.77.
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 -2.03% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it shrunk by -41.67%%.
Data on historical trading for Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 5.53 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 121.60 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.85% of Peabody Energy Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 93.44% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -34.46% 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.
