Peabody Energy Corporation

BTU Energy Thermal Coal

Peabody Energy Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.9 billion, down 8.86% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.32%
EPS
−221.7%
Free cash flow
−494.2%
Total debt
−12.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

15.97 0.05 −0.31%
Market cap
$2.0B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−56.8×
Dividend yield
1.87%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.07
Beneish M
−2.71
Dividend safety
28/100

Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU) Return on invested capital

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Peabody Energy Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −3.70%, down 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−1.50%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.4% (fiscal 2020) to 37.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Thermal Coal industry median of 4.03% and below the Energy sector median of 5.43%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −1.50% (9.79)
FY2024 8.29% (14.31)
FY2023 22.6% (14.60)
FY2022 37.2% 23.72
FY2021 13.5% 72.83
FY2020 −59.4% (60.54)
FY2019 1.19% (9.59)
FY2018 10.8% (2.70)
FY2017 13.5% 13.48
FY2016 0.00% 13.60

Against its own ten years

Low −59.4% High 37.2%
Ten-year median 8.29%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
NRP Natural Resource Partners LP compare 10.5%
ARLP Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. compare 8.86%
NC NACCO Industries, Inc. compare 4.03%
CNR Core Natural Resources, Inc. compare 1.50%
BTU Peabody Energy Corporation −3.70%
Thermal Coal industry median 4.03%
Energy sector median 5.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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