MP Materials, ServiceNow, Berkshire Hathaway, BIT Mining, and Caterpillar are the five Mining stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Mining stocks are shares of publicly traded companies engaged in the exploration, extraction and processing of minerals and other natural resources—such as gold, silver, copper, coal and rare earths. Because their revenues and profits depend heavily on commodity prices, investing in mining stocks offers exposure to metal and mineral markets but also carries risks tied to operational challenges, regulatory changes and geopolitical developments. 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.
Shares of MP stock traded up $14.10 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $44.13. 64,183,148 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,021,346. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $26.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $24.26. The stock has a market cap of $7.21 billion, a PE ratio of -67.85 and a beta of 2.26. MP Materials has a 12 month low of $10.02 and a 12 month high of $49.95. The company has a quick ratio of 3.58, a current ratio of 4.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81.
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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.
Shares of NOW stock traded down $31.30 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $982.42. 1,058,839 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,476,710. ServiceNow has a 12 month low of $678.66 and a 12 month high of $1,198.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $1,008.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $962.58. The stock has a market cap of $203.34 billion, a PE ratio of 133.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.70 and a beta of 0.94.
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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.
Shares of BRK.B traded down $2.41 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $476.50. 1,739,378 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,412,979. Berkshire Hathaway has a fifty-two week low of $406.11 and a fifty-two week high of $542.07. The business has a 50-day moving average of $498.05 and a 200-day moving average of $493.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.03 trillion, a P/E ratio of 12.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 0.83.
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BIT Mining (BTCM)
BIT Mining Limited operates as a cryptocurrency mining company in the Mainland China, the United States, and Hong Kong. The company operates in two segments: Data Center and Cryptocurrency Mining. It operates a cryptocurrency mining data center in Ohio with power capacity of 82.5 megawatts; and purchases and deploys bitcoin mining machines.
NYSE:BTCM traded up $3.57 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $6.03. The company had a trading volume of 135,119,417 shares, compared to its average volume of 669,552. The firm has a market cap of $90.80 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.74 and a beta of 3.13. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $2.02 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $2.10. BIT Mining has a twelve month low of $1.22 and a twelve month high of $11.07.
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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.
Shares of Caterpillar stock traded up $7.92 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $410.10. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,412,309 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,527,679. Caterpillar has a one year low of $267.30 and a one year high of $418.50. The company has a market capitalization of $193.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.38. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $357.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $347.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 1.32.
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