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Peabody Energy

Past year was a negative year for Peabody Energy investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Peabody Energy, the stock gained around 57 percent. Over the period from December 2011 till December 2016 the stock lost on average 98 percent. Peabody Energy's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite unstable and moved between 8,08 billion dollars and 5,61 billion dollars. Peabody Energy's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 1,01 billion dollars and -1813,9 million dollars.

The company mostly operates in the mining sector. The past 10 years the (international) industry gained at around 72 percent. Over the past 5 years the sector is 20 percent higher.

Over the past 5 years the American company paid out dividends. Over the past 5 years Peabody Energy's dividend yield was at around 20,48 percent per year. In the period 2011 till 2015 Peabody Energy paid it's investors each year a higher dividend per share. So because of the yearly raised dividends per share Peabody Energy is a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Peabody Energy' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of around 11,02 billion dollars. 10,1 billion dollars (91,68 percent of the total balance sheet) was financed by debt. As per the end of 2015 Peabody Energy's price/earnings-ratio equaled -2. So investors paid for 1 stock -2 times the earnings per share of 2015. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

The mining company's market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding times the market value) equaled around 140,97 million dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 18,5 million stocks listed.

All Peabody Energy's annual reports can be found here. More information about Peabody Energy can be found it's website. .