---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-24-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T05:15:57.752291+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody reports Q4 net income of $192M, down 70% YoY; full-year Adjusted EBITDA $1.36B

## Summary
- Q4 net income $192.0M ($1.33 diluted EPS) vs $632.0M ($3.92) prior; Adj. EBITDA $345.1M vs $500.5M.
- Full-year revenue $4,946.7M (flat YoY); net income $759.6M ($5.00 EPS) vs $1,297.1M ($8.31) prior.
- Repurchased over 11% of shares outstanding in 2023; total shareholder returns $471M.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share declared, payable March 13, 2024, record Feb 22, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-24-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1064728/000106472824000013/0001064728-24-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472824000013/btu-20240208.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $4,946.7 million, net income $759.6 million, EPS $5.00 per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $4,946.7 million
  - Net income: $759.6 million
  - EPS: $5.00 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: quarter. Peabody had Adjusted EBITDA 1 of $345.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $500.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. Full-year 2023 revenue totaled $4,946.7 million compared to $4,981.9 million in the prior year. Full-year 2023 net income attributable to common stockholders totaled $759.6 million, or $5.00 per diluted share, compared to
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472824000013/0001064728-24-000013-index.htm

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