$62.53

-2.50 (-3.84%)

7/23/2008 4:02 PM

Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)

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A private-sector coal company which conducts its business through four principal operating segments: Western U.S. Mining, Eastern U.S. Mining, Australian Mining, and Trading and Brokerage.

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Coal (21), S&P 500 (481), Industrial Metals & Minerals (59), Minerals (107), Large Cap (467)
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Peabody Energy Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$62.53
Last Trade Time:	7/23/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$65.03
Daily Range:	$62.18 - $68.85
52-Week Range:	$38.42 - $88.69
Volume:	14,530,978
Market Cap:	$17.66B
P/E Ratio:	41.95
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Other News Headlines for BTU

Earnings roundup: Peabody Energy, SEI Investments
7/23/2008 6:29:00 PM - AP
Peabody Energy 2Q earnings more than double
7/23/2008 4:31:00 PM - AP
Earnings roundup: Philip Morris, Hershey
7/23/2008 4:16:00 PM - AP
Calendar of major business events for Wednesday
7/22/2008 1:10:00 PM - AP

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Avatar TMFSinchiruna (95.41) Submitted: 3/08/08 2:18 PM

BTU is the best play in the coal sector by far, because of its geographic scope and strategic focus on international sales. Coal prices are going up right alongside oil, and I expect BTU to continue rising for several years. In real life, I've bought in and out of this one more times than I can co...More

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2 Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)

Avatar rationalexchange (< 20) Submitted: 2/07/08 12:21 PM

Now that the Chinese stock market is in tune again with New York and that it is going down, oil and metals won't be able to keep moving higher.

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Recs 0 (BTU) TMFBreakerTAllan (92.45) Submitted: 7/23/08 9:28 AM : Start Price: $67.35 BTU Score: 7.31 Just following TMFSarahGen on this sector call. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BTU) SecurityNitemare (< 20) Submitted: 7/15/08 10:12 AM : Start Price: $54.59 BTU Score: 17.98 why not. It's on the upswing! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BTU) gea1968 (87.25) Submitted: 7/14/08 10:28 PM : Start Price: $79.01 BTU Score: -26.12 fundamentals and momentum ; favorable StockScouter rating Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BTU) elmerray (93.28) Submitted: 7/14/08 8:19 AM : Start Price: $78.52 BTU Score: -22.61 Bounced off support at @ $72. Good entry point. http://stockcharts.com/webcgi/Pnf.asp?S=btu&N=A&C=2 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BTU) wiredmotley (< 20) Submitted: 7/13/08 1:28 AM : Start Price: $78.52 BTU Score: 22.61 Could not help but notice some negative divergences in the Stochastics, the RSI and the On Balance Volume using the MSN charts. July 2nd, 2008 this stock came down hard on huge volume. The dividend is trivial for such a relatively high priced, large cap stock. Nothing says overheated market like a 50 PE Ratio... The materials sector has taken quite a hit lately. Check it out using the $DJUSBM, also the IYM (ETF). Peabody is a 3.9 percent component of the iym... Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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