Cerner Corp. Moves Up In Analyst Rankings, Passing Peabody Energy Corp
In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, Cerner Corp. (NASD: CERN) has taken over the #192 spot from Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:...
View ArticleForbes Earnings Preview: Peabody Energy
Analysts are predicting grim results for Peabody Energy (BTU) when the company releases its first quarter numbers on Thursday, April 18, 2013. They are expecting the company to take a loss of 14 cents...
View ArticleLower Commodity Prices Impact Earnings: BTU, FCX
On Thursday morning, Peabody Energy (BTU) reported a quarterly loss of $23.4 million, or 9 cents a share. This isa sharp reversal to the $172.7 million the company earned in a year earlier. The company...
View ArticleForbes Earnings Preview: Arch Coal
Arch Coal (ACI) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Analysts look for revenue to decrease 12.3% year-over-year to $912 million for the quarter, after being $1.04 billion a...
View ArticleWeekly 3-Year Low Highlights: WIT, BTU, SBGL, AEM
According to GuruFocus list of three-year lows, Wipro Ltd., Peabody Energy Corp., Sibanye Gold Ltd. and Agnico-Eagle Mines have all reached their three-year lows. Wipro Ltd. (WIT) Reached the...
View ArticleHow To YieldBoost Peabody Energy Corp From 1.6% To 8.4%
Shareholders of Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE: BTU) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.6% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $27 strike and collect the...
View ArticleNordson Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Peabody Energy
In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Nordson Corp. (NASD: NDSN) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P...
View ArticleGood Case For Peabody Coal Looking Even Worse On The Charts
Peabody's recent half-hearted rally attempt was thwarted by its 20-week moving average, which has served primarily as resistance since May 2011. As such, now may be a good time to wager on extended...
View ArticleStocks Pick Up Speed, Alcoa Rings Up Gain Before Earnings
Aluminum producer creeps higher, Q2 results due after the bell.
View ArticleCoal Stocks Are Smoldering But No Fire Here Yet
After two years of sometimes harrowing declines, the best thing the coal bulls can say is that the sector is trading at a 65% discount for those betting on a long-term turnaround. But with no catalyst...
View ArticleArch Coal (ACI) Loss Expected to Expand
Arch Coal is expected to book a wider loss than a year ago when it reports second quarter earnings on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Analysts expect a loss of 32 cents per share after the company had a loss...
View ArticleAs Obama Unveils New Regs, Coal Could Be Resurrected If Carbon Could Be Buried
A coal mine in Wyoming, United States. The United States has the world's largest coal reserves. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It’s a big day for coal-fired power plants, which will formally learn the Obama...
View ArticleSupreme Court Takes Up Challenge To Sweeping EPA Carbon Rules
The Supreme Court agrees to hear a challenge to the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants.
View ArticleCoal-Dependent States Get Second Chance With Shale Gas Boom
The changing economic tide is sweeping through the national energy sector. States that have been plush with coal-related jobs are watching those opportunities fade while at the same time, those same...
View ArticleFederal Court Hears Feverish Arguments Over Mercury Emissions
While most of the energy sector’s attention this week has centered on the Supreme Court’s review of pollution crossing state lines, a sizable portion of it has been targeted to what a federal court...
View Article2013-2014: Looking In The Rear View Mirror While Driving Forward
As one year ends and another begins, it has become customary to consider the past while also looking forward. Such is the case with the expiration of 2013 and the birth of 2014. With that, we must ask...
View ArticleEnergy's Biggest Winners And Losers For 2013
Here are my picks for this year's winners and losers in the world of energy. The Winners: U.S. consumers. After five years of increasing production, the U.S. surpassed Russia as the world's largest oil...
View ArticleCoal Could Soon Be Portfolio Fuel
One of the potential beneficiaries of this huge multi-month rally in natural gas prices may be a sector that’s been largely left for dead, and that sector is coal.
View ArticleBreakthrough as ExxonMobil Agrees To Outline Climate Risks
It feels like a breakthrough moment – ExxonMobil, the largest public oil and gas company in the US, has agreed to tell investors of the risks to its business from climate change after pressure from...
View ArticleFriday Sector Laggards: Services, Materials
The worst performing sector as of midday Friday is the Services sector, showing a 1.1% loss. Within that group, L Brands, Inc (NYSE: LB) and Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) are two large stocks...
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