Alpha Natural Resources Inc (ANR): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner
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China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources
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Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in producing, processing, and selling steam and metallurgical coal in the United States. The company has mining operations in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Wyoming. Alpha Natural Resources has a market cap of $1.89 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -0.6, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 56.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Alpha Natural Resources a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Alpha Natural Resources as a
. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins, weak operating cash flow and generally high debt management risk.
- You can view the full Alpha Natural Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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