---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-23-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T07:59:14.345827+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody Q1 net income $268.5M ($1.68/sh); initiates $1B buyback; dividend $0.075

## Summary
- Net income of $268.5M ($1.68 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $119.5M ($0.88) in Q1 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $390.6M, up ~20% YoY from $327.5M; operating cash flow $386M.
- Initiated $1.0B share repurchase authorization as part of shareholder return program.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.075/share declared, payable May 31, 2023 to holders of record May 11, 2023.
- Pre-funded all long-term mine closure obligations; eliminated bank letter of credit facility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-23-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000039/0001064728-23-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000039/btu-20230427.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-23-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported the first quarter of 2023 results: net income $268.5 million, or $1.68 per diluted share, EPS $1.68 per diluted share.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $268.5 million, or $1.68 per diluted share
  - EPS: $1.68 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 27, 2023, Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody” or the “Company”) issued a press release setting forth Peabody’s first quarter 2023 financial results and providing guidance on selected second quarter and full-year 2023 targets.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000039/0001064728-23-000039-index.htm

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