On Wednesday, Following Stocks were among the “Top Gainers” In U.S. Stock Exchange: Hecla Mining Corporation (NYSE:HL), AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS), BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:BBEP), Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE:BBG)
Hecla Mining Corporation (NYSE:HL)’s shares picked up 7.82%, and closed at $3.17, during the last trading session. The stock has price to sale ratio of 2.34, however, price to book ratio is 0.83. With recent incline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a 13.62% incline above last year. During the past month the stock lose -0.63%, bringing three-month performance to 27.31% and six-month performance to 10.84%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 3.20. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Hecla Mining Corporation is engaged in discovering, acquiring, developing, producing and marketing silver, gold, lead and zinc. The Corporation operates in three segments: the Greens Creek unit, the Lucky Friday unit and the Casa Berardi unit.
AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS), raised 7.79%, and closed at $4.29. The company holds the market capitalization of 707.59M. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at 30.40%, while return on assets at -2.30%, in response to its return on investment at 6.70%. Its 20-day moving average gained 1.27%, above 50-day moving average of -0.96%, above 200-day moving average of -37.26% from the latest market price of $4.29. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 3.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
AK Steel Holding Corporation is an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels and tubular products through its wholly owned partner, AK Steel Corporation.
BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:BBEP), enhanced 7.77%, and closed at $6.24,. The stock volatility for the week is 7.62%, while for the month remained 5.92%. The company holds consensus target price of $11.32.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed 0.90 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 618.90% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as 24.10%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.90. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P is an oil and gas partnership focused on the attainment, exploitation and development of oil, natural-gas liquids (NGL) and gas properties in the United States.
Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE:BBG), rose 7.63%, and closed at $9.03. The company has the market capitalization of $415.74M. The beta value of the stock is 1.04. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 8.35%, and for the month is 8.13%. The stock’s price to book ratio is 0.42, however price to sale ratio is 0.95. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.90. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Bill Barrett Corporation together with its wholly-owned auxiliaries is an independent energy corporation that develops, attains and explores for oil and natural gas resources. The Corporation’s assets and operations are located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
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