Peabody Energy Corporation $BTU Shares Purchased by WINTON GROUP Ltd

WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its stake in shares of Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) by 33.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 110,975 shares of the coal producer’s stock after acquiring an additional 27,668 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned about 0.09% of Peabody Energy worth $1,489,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of BTU. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Peabody Energy by 57.7% during the second quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,229 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 816 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC lifted its holdings in Peabody Energy by 48.5% during the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 2,353 shares of the coal producer’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the last quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Peabody Energy in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $34,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of Peabody Energy by 65.2% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,886 shares of the coal producer’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 1,533 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Byrne Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Peabody Energy by 27.2% in the 2nd quarter. Byrne Asset Management LLC now owns 4,129 shares of the coal producer’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 884 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on BTU shares. UBS Group raised their price objective on Peabody Energy from $17.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Peabody Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 22nd. B. Riley boosted their price objective on shares of Peabody Energy from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Peabody Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Peabody Energy in a report on Monday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Peabody Energy has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.00.

Peabody Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE BTU opened at $28.44 on Wednesday. Peabody Energy Corporation has a 12-month low of $9.61 and a 12-month high of $35.99. The company has a market cap of $3.46 billion, a PE ratio of -98.05 and a beta of 0.57. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $21.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.99, a quick ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09.

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The coal producer reported ($0.58) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.19) by ($0.39). Peabody Energy had a negative net margin of 0.83% and a negative return on equity of 0.25%. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $990.20 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.74 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Peabody Energy Corporation will post 2.61 EPS for the current year.

Peabody Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, November 13th were paid a dividend of $0.075 per share. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 13th. Peabody Energy’s payout ratio is currently -103.45%.

About Peabody Energy

Peabody Energy Corporation engages in coal mining business in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, India, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, France, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U.S.