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

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Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) pushed the Metals & Mining industry lower today making it today's featured Metals & Mining laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Newmont Mining Corporation fell 74 cents (-1.5%) to $48.07 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.1 million shares of Newmont Mining Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $47.90-$49.03 after having opened the day at $49.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $48.81. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were: Prospect Global Resources (PGRX), down 20.9%, James River Coal Company (JRCC), down 19.6%, Timberline Resources Corporation (TLR), down 13.5%, and Metalico (MEA), down 9.5%.

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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 $23.96 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 113.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 18.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Newmont Mining Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Newmont Mining Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, Atlatsa Resources (ATL), up 11.8%, China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (SHZ), up 10.2%, Keegan Resources (KGN), up 9.3%, and Solitario Exploration & Royalty (XPL), up 6.2%, were all gainers within the metals & mining industry with AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS) being today's featured metals & mining industry leader.

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