Randgold Resources Ltd (GOLD): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Laggard
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Randgold Resources Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and mining of gold deposits in west and central Africa. Randgold Resources has a market cap of $10.57 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Randgold Resources a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Randgold Resources as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
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