Short interest in Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 14.48M to 14.25M. This put 16.3% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 4.99M shares traded per day, it would take 2.86 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.