Neglected Trading Stocks: BLT, NX, ROST, JRCC

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/08/2013 -- - BHP Billiton (NYSE:BLT) had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at BNP Paribas. They now have a $30.33 (2017 GBX) price target on the stock.

- BHP Billiton had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Macquarie. They now have a $32.97 (2193 GBX) price target on the stock.

- BHP Billiton had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $34.69 (2308 GBX) price target on the stock.

- BHP Billiton had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Nomura. They now have a $36.08 (2400 GBX) price target on the stock.

- BHP Billiton had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at RBC Capital. They now have a $34.58 (2300 GBX) price target on the stock.

- BHP Billiton had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove. They now have a $34.58 (2300 GBX) price target on the stock.

BHP Billiton opened at 2093.00 on Friday. BHP Billiton has a 1-year low of GBX 1622.1639 and a 1-year high of GBX 2251.50. The stock’s 50-day moving average is currently GBX 1926.. The company’s market cap is £111.4 billion.

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Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX), a leading manufacturer of engineered materials, components and systems serving domestic and international window and door OEMs through its Engineered Products and Aluminum Sheet Products Groups, today released fiscal 2013 first quarter results for the period ended January 31, 2013.

Consolidated first quarter 2013 net sales were $185.7 million, compared to $161.6 million a year ago. First quarter 2013 net loss was $8.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share compared to a loss of $6.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share in the year ago quarter. Consolidated EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was a loss of $4.0 million, compared to a loss of $1.6 million a year ago.

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Ross shares were down -$3.08, or -5.16% during Thursday morning trading. The stock has increased 3% in the past year. Shares of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) have a 1.20% yield, based on Thursday morning’s price of $56.89.

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James River Coal Company (NASDAQ:JRCC) fell 6.67% to $2.38 after trading 1.4 million shares. James River Coal Company mines and sells metallurgical, bituminous, steam and industrial-grade coal through eight operating subsidiaries located throughout Eastern Kentucky, Southern West Virginia and Southern Indiana. The company reported fourth-quarter EPS of -$2.21 which handily missed estimates by $0.82 due to lower shipments, falling coal prices and a goodwill write-down. Peter T. Socha, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented: The year 2012 will be remembered as one of the most difficult years in the history of the U.S. coal industry. The domestic thermal coal market went through a third consecutive year of soft market conditions due to weak economic conditions and competitive pressures from natural gas production. They met coal market collapsed during the middle of the year due to weak international markets in both Asia and Europe.

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