NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Peabody Energy Corporation

(NYSE:

BTU

) is tomorrow, February 7, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 9 cents per share. At a price of $37.64 as of 9:45 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 0.9%.

The average volume for Peabody Energy has been 5.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Peabody Energy has a market cap of $9.98 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

metals & mining

industry. Shares are up 14.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Peabody Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, mining, and production of coal. The company mines and sells thermal coal to electric utilities and metallurgical coal to industrial customers. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.9, below the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 10.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Peabody Energy as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, increase in net income and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and poor profit margins. You can view the full

Peabody Energy Ratings Report

.

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