---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-23-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T07:47:33.398882+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody Q3 net income $119.9M, Adj. EBITDA $270M; acquires adjacent coking coal deposit

## Summary
- Q3 net income $119.9M ($0.82 diluted EPS) vs Q2 $179.2M ($1.15); Adjusted EBITDA $270M vs $358.2M.
- Re-entered Zone B at North Goonyella; board approved full development with longwall production targeted in 2026.
- Agreed to acquire Wards Well coal deposit adjacent to North Goonyella, extending mine life to 25+ years.
- Reached $72M settlement with DOL for legacy black lung claims, avoiding higher collateral requirements.
- Board declared $0.075/share quarterly dividend payable Nov 29, 2023 to holders of record Nov 9, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-23-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000141/0001064728-23-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000141/btu-20231026.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported third quarter of 2023 results: net income net income attributable to common stockholders of $119.9 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, EPS $0.82 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter of 2023
  - Net income: net income attributable to common stockholders of $119.9 million, or $0.82 per diluted share
  - EPS: $0.82 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Peabody (NYSE: BTU) today reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $119.9 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023, compared to $179.2 million, or $1.15 per diluted share in the second quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000141/0001064728-23-000141-index.htm

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