ArcelorMittal SA (MT): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Laggard

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ArcelorMittal (MT) pushed the Metals & Mining industry lower today making it today's featured Metals & Mining laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, ArcelorMittal fell 67 cents (-4.3%) to $14.77 on average volume. Throughout the day, 8.6 million shares of ArcelorMittal exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.7 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.75-$15.40 after having opened the day at $15.27 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.44. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were: Oxford Resource Partners (OXF), down 26%, Crosshair Energy (CXZ), down 13.2%, Ossen Innovation (OSN), down 10.9%, and Metalico (MEA), down 7%.

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ArcelorMittal, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated steel and mining company worldwide. ArcelorMittal has a market cap of $23.92 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.2, below the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 110.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 15.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate ArcelorMittal a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates ArcelorMittal as a hold. Among the primary strengths of the company is its generally strong cash flow from operations. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Uranium Resources (URRE), up 11.2%, Timmins Gold (TGD), up 10.1%, Minco Gold Corporation (MGH), up 9.1%, and Entree Gold (EGI), up 9.1%, were all gainers within the metals & mining industry with Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX) being today's featured metals & mining industry leader.

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