BTU Q4 expects a loss of $0.92 per share

Peabody Energy (BTU.US), the world's largest private coal company, will report its 2019 fourth quarter results before the US market opens on Wednesday (Feb 5).

Consensus estimates were for a loss of 92 cents per share on revenue of $1.03 billion.

Over the past two years, the company has actually beaten revenue estimates 50 per cent of the time and earnings per share estimates 50 per cent of the time.

Revenue forecasts have been cut four times in the past three months, with no upgrades. Earnings per share estimates have been cut twice, with no upward revision.

Founded in 1883, Peabody energy is the largest coal producer in the United States, accounting for about 18 percent of the country's total annual coal output.