---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-23-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:39:56.672535+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody Q2 net income $179.2M, EPS $1.15; declares $0.075 dividend

## Summary
- Net income $179.2M, diluted EPS $1.15, down from $268.5M/$1.68 in Q1.
- Adjusted EBITDA $358.2M vs $390.6M prior Q; includes $33.7M provision for losses at NARM and Shoal Creek.
- Returned $262M to shareholders via buybacks/dividends; repurchased >8% of shares outstanding.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.075/sh, payable Aug 30 to holders of record Aug 10.
- Seaborne met coal volumes 2.0M tons, 18% above forecast; Shoal Creek resumed development after fire.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-23-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000101/0001064728-23-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000101/btu-20230727.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported the second quarter of 2023 results: net income $179.2 million, EPS $1.15 per diluted share.
  - Period: the second quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $179.2 million
  - EPS: $1.15 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Peabody (NYSE: BTU) today reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $179.2 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000101/0001064728-23-000101-index.htm

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