Teck Resources Ltd Class B (TCK): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Laggard
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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Teck Resources Limited operates as a diversified mining, mineral processing, and metallurgical company. It is involved in exploring, developing, smelting, refining, safety, environmental protecting, product stewardship, recycling, and researching activities. Teck Resources Ltd Class B has a market cap of $16.65 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 8.9, above the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio of 8.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 17.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Teck Resources Ltd Class B a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Teck Resources Ltd Class B 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 and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.
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