Peabody Energy traded at $21.79 this Monday August 3rd, increasing $0.47 or 2.20 percent since the previous trading session. Looking back, over the last four weeks, Peabody Energy gained 3.92 percent. Over the last 12 months, its price rose by 30.25 percent. Looking ahead, we forecast Peabody Energy to be priced at 20.87 by the end of this quarter and at 19.57 in one year, according to Trading Economics global macro models projections and analysts expectations.
Peabody Energy Corporation is a coal producer, which owns interest in 17 active coal mining operations located in the United States (U.S.) and Australia. The Company also markets and brokers coal from other coal producers, both as principal and agent, and trades coal and freight-related contracts. The Company operates through five segments: Seaborne Thermal Mining, Seaborne Metallurgical Mining, Powder River Basin Mining, Other U.S. Thermal Mining and Corporate and Other. The Seaborne Thermal Mining segment consists of mines in New South Wales, Australia. The Seaborne Metallurgical Mining segment consists of mines in Queensland, Australia, one in New South Wales, Australia and one in Alabama. The Powder River Basin Mining segment consist of its mines in Wyoming. The Other U.S. Thermal Mining segment includes operations that reflects the aggregation of its Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona mining operations.