Coeur D'Alene Mines Corporation Stock Downgraded (CDE)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Coeur D'Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORP has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORP turned its bottom line around by earning $1.05 versus -$0.94 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($1.41 versus $1.05).
• CDE's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.03 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.84 is somewhat weak and could be cause for future problems.
• 45.30% is the gross profit margin for COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORP which we consider to be strong. Despite the high profit margin, it has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, CDE's net profit margin of -6.90% significantly underperformed when compared to the industry average.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $79.74 million or 56.16% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
• The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Metals & Mining industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORP underperformed against that of the industry average and is significantly less than that of the S&P 500.

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Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership, operation, exploration, and development of silver and gold mining properties primarily located in the United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, and Australia. The company has a P/E ratio of 39.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Coeur D'Alene Mines has a market cap of $2.73 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and metals & mining industry. Shares are up 25.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

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