Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Laggard
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
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) pushed the Metals & Mining industry lower today making it today's featured Metals & Mining laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold fell 62 cents (-1.6%) to $38.67 on average volume. Throughout the day, 12.9 million shares of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 15.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $38.41-$39.45 after having opened the day at $39.21 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $39.29. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were:
China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources
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), down 14.2%,
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), down 11.6%,
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), down 10.2%, and
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), down 9.2%.
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. engages in the exploration, mining, and production of mineral resources. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, cobalt hydroxide, silver, and other metals, such as rhenium and magnetite. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold has a market cap of $38.31 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 9.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins, notable return on equity and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Freeport-McMoRan Copper Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 23.2%,
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International Tower Hill Mines
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), up 10.8%, and
United States Antimony Corporation
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), up 9.9%, were all gainers within the metals & mining industry with
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) being today's featured metals & mining industry leader.
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