Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner

Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Peabody Energy Corporation rose 25 cents (0.9%) to $29.30 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7.9 million shares of Peabody Energy Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $28.03-$29.60 after having opened the day at $28.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.05. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were: Jaguar Mining (JAG), up 15.3%, James River Coal Company (JRCC), up 11.1%, Arch Coal (ACI), up 9.9%, and Cloud Peak Energy (CLD), up 8.7%.

Peabody Energy Corporation engages in the mining of coal. It mines, prepares, and sells thermal coal to electric utilities and metallurgical coal to industrial customers. Peabody Energy Corporation has a market cap of $8.03 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of eight, equal to the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 12.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Peabody Energy Corporation a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Peabody Energy Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, unimpressive growth in net income and generally poor debt management.

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On the negative front, Oxford Resource Partners (OXF), down 6.5%, Crosshair Energy (CXZ), down 6.3%, China Precision Steel (CPSL), down 6%, and Mountain Province Diamonds (MDM), down 4.8%, were all losers within the metals & mining industry with Teck Resources Ltd Class B (TCK) being today's metals & mining industry loser.

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