Peabody Energy Q1 EPS $0.27 Beats $0.22 Estimate, Sales $937.00M Miss $949.80M Estimate

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) reported quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.22 by 22.73 percent. This is a 6.9 percent decrease over earnings of $0.29 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $937.00 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $949.80 million by 1.35 percent. This is a 4.74 percent decrease over sales of $983.60 million the same period last year.