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Mines thermal and metallurgical coal across the US and Australia, selling to power generators and steelmakers globally.
Mines thermal and metallurgical coal across the US and Australia, selling to power generators and steelmakers globally.
Sells thermal coal, burned for electricity, to utilities mostly under multi-year contracts, and metallurgical coal, used in steelmaking, to steel mills at prices that follow global benchmarks and drive most of the swings in earnings. Its Powder River Basin mine in Wyoming is the largest by output in the US.
Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). One of the world's largest coal producers with diversified US and Australian mines, but exposed to structurally declining thermal coal demand.
Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri, US · Founded: 1883 · Employees: 5,400
Size Peabody Energy (BTU) is a United States Energy company (Coal) with a market value of $1.95B, the 1806th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $16.03 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 32.0%, against -9.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.2%); the operating margin is -4.0% (peer median 7.3%).
Valuation It trades at 6.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.6× (2nd cheapest of 18).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.8 points below its cost of capital (6.9% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $5.00B at 31 Dec 2025, up 39% on a year earlier — 1.3 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 9.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.10B | $3.86B | $4.24B | $4.87B | $5.46B |
| Revenue growth | — | -9% | -13% | -11% | — |
| Gross profit | -$29.9M | $102M | $437M | $1.11B | $1.81B |
| EBITDA | $287M | $413M | $734M | $1.35B | $2.09B |
| Net income | -$145M | -$52.9M | $371M | $760M | $1.30B |
| Free cash flow | -$209M | -$89.5M | $192M | $1.41B | $1.58B |
| Capital expenditure | $350M | $421M | $402M | $345M | $224M |
| Total debt | $374M | $460M | $467M | $399M | $362M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Energy BTU | $1.95B | -32% | +3% | -4% | 6.3× | n/a |
| Core Natural Resources CNR | $3.94B | -7% | +30% | -1% | 16.4× | -1.6% |
| Glencore GLEN.L | $78.0B | -14% | +27% | 2% | 10.9× | n/a |
| Whitehaven Coal WHC.AX | $3.97B | -10% | -7% | 10% | 10.6× | 4.2% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | BTU | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -35.9% | -9.5% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -32.0% | -9.4% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -61.0% | -26.6% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.4% | +4.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -4.0% | 7.3% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 6.3× | 14.6× | 2nd cheapest of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -10.8 pp | +0.6 pp | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.7× | 6.6× | 5th cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.2× | 0.0× | 5th least indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Energy BTU | United States | $1.95B | -32% | +3% | -4% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Dayou Energy 600403.SS | China | $2.04B | -2% | +6% | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources AMR | United States | $1.87B | -20% | -13% | -2% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Kinetic Development 1277.HK | Hong Kong | $1.84B | -15% | -3% | 31% | 6.2× | -6.4% | +11.5% |
| Shanxi Meijin Energy 000723.SZ | China | $2.15B | -27% | -2% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shougang Fushan Resources 0639.HK | Hong Kong | $1.66B | -4% | +33% | 20% | 10.4× | -17.3% | +4.8% |
| Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal 600395.SS | China | $1.60B | -10% | +6% | 15% | 21.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Haohua Energy Resource 601101.SS | China | $2.39B | -5% | +3% | 24% | 9.3× | -9.6% | +14.4% |
| Natural Resource Partners L.P NRP | United States | $1.56B | +6% | -10% | 63% | n/a | -8.1% | +9.4% |
| Stanmore Resources SMR.AX | Australia | $1.54B | +5% | -6% | 0% | 21.5× | -9.9% | +60.7% |
| Jizhong Energy Resources 000937.SZ | China | $2.48B | -17% | +7% | 8% | 15.2× | -4.2% | -6.0% |
| Macmahon MAH.AX | Australia | $1.35B | +6% | +8% | 7% | 15.1× | 4.3% | +14.1% |
| Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining 601666.SS | China | $2.83B | -10% | +17% | 8% | 14.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanxi Coking 600740.SS | China | $1.34B | -19% | 0% | -15% | 14.6× | 13.3% | -2.7% |
| Shanxi Lanhua Sci-Tech Venture 600123.SS | China | $1.34B | -14% | +8% | 1% | 31.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Datun Energy Resources 600508.SS | China | $1.32B | +14% | +15% | 4% | 12.0× | -9.3% | +0.1% |
| Anhui Hengyuan Coal Industry and Electricity Power 600971.SS | China | $1.30B | -13% | +34% | 3% | 22.2× | -10.2% | +1.6% |
| Kailuan Energy Chemical 600997.SS | China | $1.28B | -9% | +5% | -2% | 26.9× | n/a | n/a |
| New Hope NHC.AX | Australia | $3.08B | +5% | 0% | 16% | 11.0× | -1.1% | +11.0% |
| Alliance Resource Partners, L.P ARLP | United States | $3.14B | -2% | -2% | 18% | 8.2× | -10.0% | +10.6% |
| Shanxi Coal International Energy 600546.SS | China | $3.29B | -21% | -10% | 21% | 9.9× | -16.9% | -10.0% |
Peabody Energy reported $5.00B of remaining performance obligations at 31 Dec 2025, up 39% from a year earlier. That is 1.3 years of trailing revenue already under contract.