Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner

Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Newmont Mining Corporation rose $1.47 (3.3%) to $45.80 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.8 million shares of Newmont Mining Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $44.79-$46.46 after having opened the day at $45.17 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $44.33. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were: Quest Rare Minerals (QRM), up 10.8%, Jaguar Mining (JAG), up 10.4%, Nevsun Resources (NSU), up 10%, and Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), up 9.1%.

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Newmont Mining Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and production of gold and copper properties. The company's assets or operations are located in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, New Zealand, and Mexico. Newmont Mining Corporation has a market cap of $22.15 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 41.2, below the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 67.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 26.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Newmont Mining Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Newmont Mining Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, James River Coal Company (JRCC), down 13.2%, Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU), down 7.3%, China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (SHZ), down 6.8%, and Consol Energy (CNX), down 5.5%, were all laggards within the metals & mining industry with Teck Resources Ltd Class B (TCK) being today's metals & mining industry laggard.

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