Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU) Stock: What Does the Chart Say Friday?

Overall market sentiment has been high on Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU) stock lately. BTU receives a Bullish rating from InvestorsObserver Stock Sentiment Indicator.

Peabody Energy Corporation has a Bullish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on BTU!

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What is Stock Sentiment?

Sentiment uses short term technical analysis to gauge whether a stock is desired by investors. As a technical indicator, it focuses on recent trends as opposed to the long term health of the underlying company. Updates for the company such as a earnings release can move the stock away from current trends. Recent trends are a good indicator of current market sentiments. In its most basic form, stocks that are trending up are desirable by investors while stocks currently falling must be unattractive. InvestorsObserver's Sentimental Indicator tracks both changes in price and volume to analyze the most recent trends. Typically an increase in volume indicates ongoing trends are getting stronger, while a decrease in volume usually signals an end to the current trend. Available options can also represent current sentiments for a given stock. Since investors are able to bet on future trends of stocks using options, we consider the ratio of calls to puts when analyzing market sentiments .

What's Happening With BTU Stock Today?

Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU) stock is up 1.41% while the S&P 500 is lower by -0.03% as of 1:00 PM on Friday, Nov 25. BTU is up $0.42 from the previous closing price of $29.78 on volume of 2,099,252 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 has fallen -14.36% while BTU is up 159.01%. BTU earned $7.82 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.86. To screen for more stocks like Peabody Energy Corporation click here.

More About Peabody Energy Corporation

Peabody Energy Corp mines and sells coal through approximately 17 coal mines in the United States and Australia. The Company is engaged in the mining of thermal coal for sale to electric utilities and metallurgical coal for sale to industrial customers. Peabody also markets and brokers coal, both as principal and agent, and trades coal and freight-related contracts. The company operates in the following segment: Seaborne Thermal Mining, Seaborne Metallurgical Mining, Powder River Basin Mining, Midwestern U.S. Mining, Other U.S. Thermal Mining, and Corporate and Other. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Peabody Energy Corporation stock.