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

Molycorp was a leading decliner within the metals & mining industry, falling $0.15 (-2.4%) to $6.05 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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 2.0%. By the end of trading, Molycorp fell $0.15 (-2.4%) to $6.05 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5,540,576 shares of Molycorp exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,886,500 shares. The stock ranged in price between $5.94-$6.25 after having opened the day at $6.17 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $6.20. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were:

Ossen Innovation

(

OSN

), down 13.8%,

Rare Element Resources

(

REE

), down 7.1%,

Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V

(

SIM

), down 4.8% and

Sutor Technology Group

(

SUTR

), down 4.6%.

Molycorp, Inc. produces and sells rare earth and rare metal materials in the United States and internationally. Molycorp has a market cap of $1.1 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 34.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Molycorp a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 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, weak operating cash flow, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share.

On the positive front,

Minco Gold Corporation

(

MGH

), up 30.0%,

Prospect Global Resources

(

PGRX

), up 17.7%,

Alexco Resource

(

AXU

), up 15.2% and

Claude Resources

(

CGR

), up 14.8% , were all gainers within the metals & mining industry with

Tenaris

(

TS

) 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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