Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Loser
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) pushed the Metals & Mining industry lower today making it today's featured Metals & Mining loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.4%. By the end of trading, Newmont Mining Corporation fell 68 cents (-1.4%) to $47.16 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7.1 million shares of Newmont Mining Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $46.60-$48.37 after having opened the day at $48.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47.84. Other company's within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were:
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), down 11.3%,
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Newmont Mining Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and production of gold and copper properties. The company's assets or operations are located in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, New Zealand, and Mexico. Newmont Mining Corporation has a market cap of $23.64 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 44.6, below the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 71.9 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 19.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Newmont Mining Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Newmont Mining Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Newmont Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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