Hot Metal Miners in Red - Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), Stillwater Mining (SWC), Teck Resources (TCK)

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Cliffs Natural Resources Inc(NYSE:CLF) slid -5.82% with the closing price of $23.78 after a Motley Fool article suggested that the company is no more a dividend darling as it reduced its payments by 76% starting in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. In other news, BMO Capital Markets recently downgraded the stock to a “market perform” rating.

The overall volume in the last trading session was 13.16 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $23.58-$73.63. The total market capitalization remained $3.39 billion.

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The stock is lagging behind its 52 week high with -66.16% and its last month price volatility remained 3.75%. Its beta coefficient was 2.44 with a target price of $33.80. In its share capital, the company has 158.20 million outstanding shares while 157.14 million shares have been floated in market. It has insider ownership of 0.47% with institutional ownership remained 77.32%. Earnings per share this year dropped -146.06% while the five year EPS growth rate was +7.09%.

Stillwater Mining Company(NYSE:SWC) slipped -4.74% and closed at $11.86 in the last trading session with the overall traded volume of 3.49 million shares, more versus the average volume of 2.41 million shares. Analysts at J.P. Morgan reaffirmed their Overweight rating and $19.00 price target on the stock, noting that the company reported positive Q4 results with better than projected costs. The 2013 forecast is for output similar to 2012 levels at 500koz but costs on new wage contracts and general inflation are expected to rise.

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Its 52 weeks high price was $14.87 and suffered lowest price of $7.47 in the same period. SWC has current ratio of 1.83 and its total debt-to-equity ratio is 0.22. It has market cap of $1.39 billion while its total outstanding shares are 117.58million. The stock beta value stands at 2.58 times.

Teck Resources Ltd (USA)(NYSE:TCK) plunged -2.61% with the closing price of $29.48. The company is scheduled to participate at Citi Global Resources Conference to be held on Mar 6, 2013. The overall volume in the last trading session was 2.31 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $29.34-$30.04. The total market capitalization remained $17.28 billion.

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TCK is ahead its 52 week low with 14.32% and its last month price volatility remained 2.62%. Its beta coefficient was 3.45 with a target price of $40.13. In its share capital, the company has 582.27million outstanding shares while 570.23million shares have been floated in market. It has institutional ownership of 72.14%. EPS this year dropped -69.35% while the five year EPS growth rate was -19.38%.

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