Caterpillar, IREN, and Freeport-McMoRan are the three Mining stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Mining stocks are shares in companies that explore for, extract, or process natural resources such as metals, minerals, and coal. For investors, their performance can be influenced by commodity prices, production costs, and the risks of operating mines. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Mining stocks within the last several days.
Caterpillar (CAT)
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools.
Caterpillar stock traded down $28.91 during trading on Thursday, reaching $562.39. The company had a trading volume of 3,356,249 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,885,172. Caterpillar has a 12-month low of $537.08 and a 12-month high of $1,073.46. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $770.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $807.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $258.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.07, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.42.
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IREN (IREN)
IREN Limited, formerly known as Iris Energy Limited, owns and operates bitcoin mining data centers. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
IREN stock traded down $3.50 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $18.21. 67,867,721 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 43,957,469. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 3.55 and a quick ratio of 3.55. The company has a market capitalization of $7.18 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.76 and a beta of 4.33. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $36.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $43.96. IREN has a fifty-two week low of $17.16 and a fifty-two week high of $75.79.
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Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. It primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals. The company's assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile.
Shares of NYSE:FCX traded down $5.31 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $57.29. 14,310,399 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 15,816,182. The firm has a market cap of $82.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.10, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.38. Freeport-McMoRan has a 52-week low of $38.54 and a 52-week high of $80.24. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $70.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $65.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 2.02.
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