---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T12:59:46.396102+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody reports Q4 net income $632M, EPS $3.92; retires all senior secured debt

## Summary
- Q4 net income $632.0M ($3.92 diluted EPS) vs $513.0M ($3.93) YoY; record full-year net income $1,297.1M ($8.31 diluted EPS).
- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA $500.5M vs $444.4M YoY; full-year Adjusted EBITDA $1,844.7M, more than double prior year's $916.7M.
- Record free cash flow of $580M in Q4 and $1,144.9M for full year 2022, vs $288.5M in prior year.
- Retired all remaining senior secured debt; management addressed implementing a shareholder return program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000008/0001064728-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000008/btu-20230213.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported Year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue 4,981.9 million, net income 1,297.1 million, EPS 8.31.
  - Period: Year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: 4,981.9 million
  - Net income: 1,297.1 million
  - EPS: 8.31
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full-year 2022 revenue totaled $4,981.9 million compared to $3,318.3 million in the prior year. Full-year 2022 net income attributable to common stockholders totaled $1,297.1 million, or $8.31 per diluted share, compared to $360.1 million, or $3.22 per diluted share in the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000008/0001064728-23-000008-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported Fourth quarter 2022 results: net income 632.0 million, EPS 3.92.
  - Period: Fourth quarter 2022
  - Net income: 632.0 million
  - EPS: 3.92
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Peabody (NYSE: BTU) today reported fourth quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $632.0 million, or $3.92 per diluted share, compared to $513.0 million, or $3.93 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000008/0001064728-23-000008-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP amended Ninth Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement with P&L Receivables Company, LLC; PNC Bank, National Association (as administrator); and other purchaser parties valued at $225,000,000 (effective 2023-02-13).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: P&L Receivables Company, LLC; PNC Bank, National Association (as administrator); and other purchaser parties
  - Value: $225,000,000
  - Effective: 2023-02-13
  source text: On February 13, 2023, Peabody Energy Corporation (the “Company” or “Peabody”) amended its receivables purchase agreement (as previously amended, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) by entering into the Ninth Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “RPA Amendment”), by and among P&L Receivables Company, LLC, the Company, the purchaser parties party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator, and the other parties party thereto. Pursuant to the RPA Amendment, among other things, the purchase limit thereunder was increased from $175,000,000 to $225,000,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000008/0001064728-23-000008-index.htm

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