Peabody Energy Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade C
BTU · Energy
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 25 days, change -0 days YoY
AR growth -9.5% vs revenue growth -8.9%
Revenue -8.9%, CFFO -45.0%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -2.6% vs COGS -2.5%. Normal
CapEx growth 4.7% vs revenue -8.9%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 19.9%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin swung -5.6pp (19.3% → 13.6%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -6.31. Below 1.0
FCF is negative ($-0.1B)
Accruals ratio = -6.7%. Low accruals
Cash $0.6B covers debt $0.5B
Balance Sheet Health
No goodwill. Clean balance sheet
Interest coverage = -0.1x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets -0.1% vs revenue -8.9%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years
No goodwill
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.70 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25