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Coal Stocks Getting a Boost Today

There’s nothing like an acquisition rumor to pump some life into an otherwise moribund stock. And when the company that’s the subject of the rumor is a coal miner, the ...
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Election Outcome, Poor Pricing Hammer James River Coal

James River Coal Co. (NASDAQ: JRCC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The mining company posted a net loss of $0.59 per share on revenues of $288.1 million. In the ...
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2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

Election Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last ...
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Smaller Loss for Alpha Natural Resources (ANR, BTU, ACI)

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The coal mining company posted a net loss of $0.16 per share on revenues of $1.46 billion. In ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 23, 2012: Markets Follow Earnings Lower (BTU, BHI, P, YHOO, MNST, CE, WDC, TXN, MMM, ARMH, AKS, COH, HOG, RSH, UPS, UTX, XRX, AMGN, BRCM, FB, JNPR, NFLX, T, BA, GLW, DAL, LLY, EMC, GD, LCC, DD, BSDM)

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMCX, AMGN, BHI, CPST, CHKP, DUK, EIX, MNST, NTAP, OSG, P, PHI, BTU, WDC, YHOO, BKCC, FSC, QLYS, MCC, PNNT)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research notes this Tuesday. AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Amgen ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 22, 2012: Market Staggers to Gain (EQR, SNDK, KMP, WEN, CVC, EW, CAT, FCX, HAS, BTU, STI, VFC, CE, WD, TXN, YHOO, MMM, AKS, COH, DD, HOG, RSH, UPS, UTS, XRX, SVU, OSG, AMD)

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the S&P 500 and the DJIA slightly lower and the Nasdaq slightly higher. In Asia Japan’s trade deficit was ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

The stock market is mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.04%, The Nasdaq up 0.24% and the S&P 500 up 0.05%. Today's sole winner is a coal ...
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Peabody Energy’s Fortunes Rise

Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The coal mining company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51 on revenues of $2.06 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 19, 2012: Markets Dominated by Sellers Today (VZ, NVDA, GOOG, NOK, SNDK, MCD, COF, CMG, MSFT, RVBD, BHI, HON, KSU, SLB, EW, CAT, FCX, HAS, BTU, STI, VF, AMD, MRVL, AONE)

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were ...
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Coal Stocks Get a Dose of Reality (ANR, BTU, WLT, ACI, JRCC, CNX, CLD, KOL)

As natural gas prices rise along with a forecast for a colder winter in the U.S., U.S. coal stocks have benefited from a burst of enthusiasm since early October. Share ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANR, AVT, CTB, DLTR, GE, GRPN, HON, LNKD, LQDT, LOW, MFC, OPEN, BTU, STX, WMT, WEN, WDC, YELP)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) cut to Neutral ...
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Just Loving Coal is Not Enough

Following Governor Romney’s statement in Wednesday night’s presidential debate that, “I love coal,” coal stocks got a nice boost in yesterday’s trading, with shares rising nearly 12% at James River ...
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Analyst Drops Coal and Steel in Favor of Aluminum (BTU, WLT, NUE, ANR, ACI, ATI, RS, KOL)

The coal sector may not yet have found a bottom, or at least the prior gains from the bottom may be short-lived. That is the word from Bank of America/Merrill ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKS, ATML, AVP, CTXS, DRI, EQM, HK, LAMR, ORCL, BTU, SBH, SQNM, JOE, X, VLO, VECO, VPHM, FB, GS, MS)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell at Citigroup. ...
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