Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner
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) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Yamana Gold rose 42 cents (2.9%) to $14.88 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6.8 million shares of Yamana Gold exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $14.35-$14.94 after having opened the day at $14.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.46. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were:
China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources
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), up 21.2%,
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), up 17.5%,
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), up 10.1%, and
International Tower Hill Mines
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), up 9.9%.
Yamana Gold Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral properties, primarily gold. It also explores for copper, molybdenum, zinc, and silver metals. Yamana Gold has a market cap of $10.81 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.8, equal to the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 1.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Yamana Gold a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Yamana Gold as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and good cash flow from operations. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.
- You can view the full Yamana Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 9.8%,
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), down 6.3%,
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), down 4.2%, and
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), down 4.2%, were all losers within the metals & mining industry with
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) being today's metals & mining industry loser.
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