---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:11:34.722503+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody reports Q1 net loss of $32.4M; Adjusted EBITDA down to $82.5M

## Summary
- Net loss of $32.4M ($0.27 diluted EPS) vs prior-year profit of $34.4M ($0.27 EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $82.5M, down 43% YoY from $144.0M in Q1 2025.
- Seaborne thermal segments benefited from higher price realizations and volumes; U.S. thermal volumes up YoY.
- Centurion mine faces longwall commissioning delays due to equipment and roof control challenges, progressing toward full production.
- Board declared quarterly dividend of $0.075/share, payable June 8, 2026 to holders of record May 19, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1064728/000106472826000022/0001064728-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472826000022/btu-20260505.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-26-000022.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7e41a4a05c4fcec269eabc9b3586c30d72f0b311
  claim: PEABODY ENERGY CORP reported financial results for the first quarter of 2026.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 5, 2026, Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody” or the “Company”) issued a press release setting forth Peabody’s first quarter 2026 financial results and providing guidance on selected second quarter and full-year 2026 targets.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472826000022/0001064728-26-000022-index.htm

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