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    Is UBS’s Upgraded Coal Outlook Quietly Rewriting Peabody Energy’s (BTU) Long-Term Investment Narrative?

    Simply Wall St·12/15/2025 00:22:06
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    • Recently, UBS maintained its Neutral rating on Peabody Energy while lifting its outlook on the coal producer’s prospects across its seaborne thermal and metallurgical segments.
    • This shift in analyst sentiment highlights how Peabody’s positioning in both power and steel-related coal markets is increasingly shaping investor expectations.
    • We’ll now explore how this improved analyst confidence in Peabody’s coal portfolio influences the company’s existing investment narrative.

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    Peabody Energy Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Peabody Energy, you need to believe its mix of seaborne thermal and metallurgical coal can still generate acceptable returns despite energy transition and regulatory pressure. UBS lifting its price target while keeping a Neutral rating points to improved confidence in the portfolio, but it does not materially change the near term focus on coal pricing in export markets as the key catalyst or the long term demand and policy uncertainty as the central risk.

    One recent development that sits alongside UBS’s more optimistic view is Peabody’s decision to maintain its regular US$0.075 quarterly dividend throughout 2025, despite uneven profitability. For investors, that consistent cash return policy adds another piece to the catalyst picture, reinforcing how management is balancing current shareholder payouts with the capital needs of a business still exposed to volatile seaborne coal markets and tightening environmental expectations.

    Yet against this improving sentiment, the risk that tightening environmental rules and potential carbon costs could raise Peabody’s long term compliance burden is something investors should be aware of...

    Read the full narrative on Peabody Energy (it's free!)

    Peabody Energy's narrative projects $4.9 billion revenue and $468.2 million earnings by 2028. This requires 6.4% yearly revenue growth and a roughly $327 million earnings increase from $140.9 million today.

    Uncover how Peabody Energy's forecasts yield a $34.47 fair value, a 18% upside to its current price.

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    Five members of the Simply Wall St Community currently estimate Peabody’s fair value between US$24 and about US$86, reflecting very different outlooks on the stock. Set against that wide range, the growing focus on Peabody’s seaborne coal portfolio underlines how much future results may hinge on export coal pricing and evolving policy trends.

    Explore 5 other fair value estimates on Peabody Energy - why the stock might be worth over 2x more than the current price!

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