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Peabody Energy Corporation - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

Peabody Energy Corporation - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of Peabody Energy Corporation. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the

company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody) is engaged in mining and trading of coal globally. Its coal products fuel approximately 10% of the US electricity generation and approximately 2% of worldwide electricity generation. The company directly and indirectly through its subsidiaries own majority interests in 30 coal mining operations located in the US and in Australia. It also owns a minority interest through a joint venture agreement in one of the Venezuelan mine. The company has 10 mines in Australia, of which five are based in New South Wales and five in Queensland. Peabody principally offers coal in US, Australia, China and few other global countries. The company is headquartered at St.

Recent Developments

Jul 23, 2009: Peabody Energy Appoints Robert A. Malone To Its Board
Jul 23, 2009: Peabody Energy Apponits Connie de Santana As CFO, Australia Operations
Jul 21, 2009: Peabody Energy Declares Net Income Of $79.2 Million In Q2 2009

Scope

- Provides key company information for business intelligence needs
- The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
- The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
- The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
- The report provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
- Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

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