TheStreet Ratings Top 10 Rating Changes

NEW YORK (TheStreet Ratings) -- Every trading day TheStreet Ratings' stock model reviews the investment ratings on around 4,700 U.S. traded stocks for potential upgrades or downgrades based on the latest available financial results and trading activity.

TheStreet Ratings released rating changes on 74 U.S. common stocks for week ending June 8, 2012. 21 stocks were upgraded and 53 stocks were downgraded by our stock model.

Rating Change #10

United States Antimony Corporation (UAMY) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• UAMY's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 1.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 7.6%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displaying stagnant earnings per share.
• UAMY's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.06 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.39, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
• This stock has managed to rise its share value by 41.60% over the past twelve months. We feel that the stock's sharp appreciation over the last year has driven it to a price level which is now somewhat expensive compared to the rest of its industry. The other strengths this company shows, however, justify the higher price levels.
• U S ANTIMONY CORP has shown no change in earnings for its most recently reported quarter when compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Stable earnings per share over the past year indicate the company has sound management over its earnings and share float. We anticipate these figures will begin to experience more growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, U S ANTIMONY CORP's EPS of $0.01 remained unchanged from the prior years' EPS of $0.01. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.06 versus $0.01).
• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Metals & Mining industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 357.8% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $0.05 million to -$0.12 million.

United States Antimony Corporation engages in the production and sale of antimony and zeolite products in the Untied States. The company has a P/E ratio of 35.3, below the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 353 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. United States Antimony has a market cap of $214.6 million and is part of the basic materials sector and metals & mining industry. Shares are up 47.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

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