Forensic Analysis · Energy / Oil & Gas · as of Jun 27, 2026
PEABODY ENERGY CORP (BTU)
A forensic read on PEABODY ENERGY CORP built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
C · Mixed — selective
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
3.1
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
-3.4%
ROE
$2.9B
Market cap
1.24%
Dividend yield
PEABODY ENERGY CORP earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 3.1, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-1%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -1% and slipping from 41% — well below its ~8% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
-88%Dividend — cut.The payout was CUT ~88% in FY2023 (from FY2019). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-1.1%
Debt / Equity0.10x
Free Cash Flow$-77.7M
Latest Revenue$3.86B
Return on Equity-1.2%
Revenue Growth YoY-8.9%
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