Molycorp Inc. (MCP): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Laggard

Molycorp was a leading decliner within the metals & mining industry, falling 25 cents (-3%) to $8.22 on light volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model

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Molycorp

(

MCP

) pushed the Metals & Mining industry lower today making it today's featured Metals & Mining laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Molycorp fell 25 cents (-3%) to $8.22 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.3 million shares of Molycorp exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $7.90-$8.33 after having opened the day at $8.33 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.47. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were:

Kingold Jewelry

(

KGJI

), down 7.8%,

China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources

(

SHZ

), down 7.8%,

Crosshair Energy

(

CXZ

), down 7.7%, and

USEC

(

USU

), down 7.7%.

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Molycorp, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the production and sale of rare earth oxides in the western hemisphere. Molycorp has a market cap of $1.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 63.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Molycorp a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Molycorp as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share.

On the positive front,

James River Coal Company

(

JRCC

), up 11.5%,

Pacific Booker Minerals

(

PBM

), up 9%,

Platinum Group Metal

(

PLG

), up 8.9%, and

Atlatsa Resources

(

ATL

), up 6.5%, were all gainers within the metals & mining industry with

Goldcorp

(

GG

) being today's featured metals & mining industry leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the metals & mining industry could consider

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

(

XME

) while those bearish on the metals & mining industry could consider

PowerShares DB Base Metals Sht ETN

(

BOS

).

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