Peabody Energy vs Transocean

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The short version

Transocean is the larger business, with $4.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.9B for Peabody Energy.
Transocean grew revenue faster (12.5%, against −8.9%).
Peabody Energy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (−2.1% operating margin, against −58.9%).
Transocean turned more of its sales into free cash flow (15.8% FCF margin, against −2.0%).
Peabody Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (−1.9%, against −12.4%).

Latest fiscal year	BTU · FY25	RIG · FY25
Size
Market cap	$2.8B	$7.7B
Revenue	$3.9B	$4.0B
Free cash flow	−$77.7M	$626M
Net income	−$42.5M	−$2.9B
Growth
Revenue growth	−8.9%	12.5%
5-year growth	6.0%	4.7%
Share count change	−14.2%	3.8%
Profitability
Gross margin	—	39.3%
Operating margin	−2.1%	−58.9%
Net margin	−1.1%	−73.5%
FCF margin	−2.0%	15.8%
Return on capital	−1.9%	−12.4%
Return on equity	−1.2%	−31.7%
Balance sheet
Net debt	−$239M	$5.0B
Net debt / EBITDA	−0.8x	—
Dividends and buybacks	$36.5M	$0.0M
Valuation & quality
P/E	—	—
Piotroski F-score	4	6

Revenue

FY16

BTU $4.7B

RIG $4.2B

FY17

BTU —

RIG $3.0B

FY18

BTU $5.6B

RIG $3.0B

FY19

BTU $4.6B

RIG $3.1B

FY20

BTU $2.9B

RIG $3.2B

FY21

BTU $3.3B

RIG $2.6B

FY22

BTU $5.0B

RIG $2.6B

FY23

BTU $4.9B

RIG $2.8B

FY24

BTU $4.2B

RIG $3.5B

FY25

BTU $3.9B

RIG $4.0B

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25

BTU RIG

Operating margin

FY16

BTU −5.9%

RIG 26.6%

FY17

BTU —

RIG −84.3%

FY18

BTU 11.9%

RIG −41.5%

FY19

BTU 1.3%

RIG −23.4%

FY20

BTU −60.0%

RIG −15.6%

FY21

BTU 13.0%

RIG −4.4%

FY22

BTU 27.7%

RIG −1.2%

FY23

BTU 21.7%

RIG −11.5%

FY24

BTU 10.5%

RIG −11.8%

FY25

BTU −2.1%

RIG −58.9%

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25

BTU RIG

Free cash flow

FY16

BTU −$179M

RIG $636M

FY17

BTU —

RIG $673M

FY18

BTU $1.2B

RIG $374M

FY19

BTU $392M

RIG −$47.0M

FY20

BTU −$201M

RIG $133M

FY21

BTU $237M

RIG $367M

FY22

BTU $952M

RIG −$269M

FY23

BTU $687M

RIG −$263M

FY24

BTU $205M

RIG $193M

FY25

BTU −$77.7M

RIG $626M

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25

BTU RIG

Return on capital

FY16

BTU −7.2%

RIG 4.6%

FY17

BTU —

RIG −10.3%

FY18

BTU 20.1%

RIG −5.2%

FY19

BTU 1.4%

RIG −2.8%

FY20

BTU −53.9%

RIG −2.1%

FY21

BTU 21.2%

RIG −0.5%

FY22

BTU 63.9%

RIG −0.1%

FY23

BTU 29.5%

RIG −1.5%

FY24

BTU 11.1%

RIG −2.0%

FY25

BTU −1.9%

RIG −12.4%

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25

BTU RIG

Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.