MP Materials, ServiceNow, Berkshire Hathaway, Caterpillar, and Newmont are the five Mining stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Mining stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is exploring for, extracting, and processing mineral resources such as gold, silver, copper, coal or lithium. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to commodity prices and the performance of individual mining operations. Their value can be highly sensitive to fluctuations in metal prices, geopolitical risks and operational costs. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Mining stocks within the last several days.
MP Materials (MP)
MP Materials Corp., together with its subsidiaries, produces rare earth materials. The company owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth mine and processing facility in North America. It holds the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass mine and surrounding areas, as well as intellectual property rights related to the processing and development of rare earth minerals.
MP stock traded down $0.13 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $74.19. The stock had a trading volume of 18,105,927 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,165,198. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -117.65 and a beta of 2.30. MP Materials has a 52 week low of $11.08 and a 52 week high of $82.50. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $44.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $30.83. The company has a current ratio of 3.60, a quick ratio of 3.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83.
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ServiceNow (NOW)
ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools.
NYSE:NOW traded down $10.46 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $862.05. The company had a trading volume of 912,111 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,686,917. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $982.92 and a two-hundred day moving average of $942.17. ServiceNow has a one year low of $678.66 and a one year high of $1,198.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $179.31 billion, a PE ratio of 108.62, a PEG ratio of 3.93 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.
NYSE BRK.B traded down $1.07 on Monday, reaching $464.33. The company had a trading volume of 1,645,271 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,885,635. Berkshire Hathaway has a 52 week low of $425.90 and a 52 week high of $542.07. The stock has a market cap of $1.00 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.92, a PEG ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 0.81. The stock's 50 day moving average is $481.45 and its 200-day moving average is $497.06.
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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.
NYSE:CAT traded down $9.03 on Monday, reaching $407.49. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,536,830 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,729,408. Caterpillar has a 1-year low of $267.30 and a 1-year high of $441.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.34. The firm has a market cap of $190.90 billion, a PE ratio of 20.72, a PEG ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.40. The business's 50-day moving average price is $393.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $355.11.
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Newmont (NEM)
Newmont Corporation engages in the production and exploration of gold. It also explores for copper, silver, zinc, and lead. The company has operations and/or assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru, Suriname, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, Fiji, and Ghana.
Shares of NEM stock traded up $0.05 on Monday, hitting $69.03. 4,006,153 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,041,387. The business has a 50-day moving average of $59.58 and a 200 day moving average of $52.32. Newmont has a fifty-two week low of $36.86 and a fifty-two week high of $70.29. The company has a current ratio of 2.23, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $75.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 0.30.
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