BTU PEABODY ENERGY CORP

Overview and Growth

PEABODY ENERGY CORP generated $3.86B of revenue in fiscal 2025, with net loss of $52.90M and an operating cash inflow of $333.70M. The $3.86B revenue base provides substantial context for the company’s earnings, cash generation, and capital requirements. Compared with $4.24B in fiscal 2024, revenue decreased 8.9%, a top-line contraction that reduced operating scale. Diluted earnings per share were -$0.43, translating the period’s attributable earnings into the amount reported for each diluted share. Diluted EPS decreased by 115.9% from $2.70 in fiscal 2024, showing how the earnings change reached shareholders on a per-share basis. At period end, total assets were $5.81B, framing the scale of the company’s operating and financing commitments. Revenue equaled 0.66x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.

Profitability

The company recorded an operating loss of $80.10M after the reported operating expense base. The operating loss equaled 2.1% of revenue, showing the scale of the operating deficit relative to sales. After all below-operating-line items, the company recorded a net loss of $52.90M for the fiscal year. The net loss equaled 1.4% of revenue, showing the bottom-line deficit relative to the company’s sales base. EBITDA was $304.40M, supplying an additional view of reported operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. The pretax result was a loss of $33.50M, establishing the deficit before tax effects. Pretax margin was -0.9%, reflecting a pre-tax loss equal to 0.9% of revenue. The company recognized $8.80M of income tax for the period, completing the transition from pretax income to net income. The loss-to-equity relationship was 1.5%, placing the bottom-line deficit against shareholder capital. The loss-to-assets relationship was 0.9%, placing the bottom-line deficit against the company’s resource base. The bottom line deteriorated from $370.90M of income in fiscal 2024 to a $52.90M loss.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

The company held $5.81B of assets against $2.23B of liabilities and $3.58B of equity, revealing how the asset base was financed. Current assets were $1.56B against $842.20M of current liabilities, framing the resources and obligations classified within the near-term balance-sheet horizon. The current ratio was 1.85x, with current assets exceeding current liabilities and providing a short-term liquidity cushion. The company held $575.30M in cash and equivalents, a narrower liquidity measure than total current assets. Measured only with cash and equivalents, coverage of current liabilities was 68.3%, excluding receivables and other current assets. Book equity represented 61.7% of total assets, quantifying the balance-sheet share supported by shareholder capital. The liabilities-to-assets relationship was 38.3%, placing reported obligations against the full positive asset balance. The cash-to-assets relationship was 9.9%, comparing reported cash and equivalents with the full positive asset balance. Total assets were 2.5% lower than fiscal 2024 assets of $5.95B, measuring the company’s own balance-sheet change. Book equity was 3.4% lower than fiscal 2024 equity of $3.71B, showing how shareholder capital changed year over year. Compared with $700.40M in fiscal 2024, the current cash balance moved 17.9% and finished lower.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

The company reported $333.70M of operating cash flow, a cash inflow that shows the cash generated by operations. The cash-flow statement records $411.40M of capital expenditures, the investment amount considered after operating cash generation. Relative to operating cash flow, capital expenditures measured 123.3%, connecting investment intensity with the company’s cash-generation base. Operating cash flow and capital spending combined to leave a $77.70M cash deficit after capital spending. Relative to revenue, the post-investment cash deficit represented 2.0%. The free-cash-flow deficit equaled 1.3% of total assets, placing the cash shortfall against the company’s resource base.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025. Analysis generated Oct 21, 2026.