Showing posts with label Reliance Steel and Aluminum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reliance Steel and Aluminum. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Alcoa (AA) (GOLD) (MPC) (PSX) (RS) (SCHN) (STLD) Downgraded

Alcoa Inc. (AA), Randgold Resources Ltd. (GOLD), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), Schnitzer Steel (SCHN) and Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) were downgraded by analysts.

Jefferies Group (JEF) downgraded Alcoa Inc. (AA) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating. They have a price target of $11.00 on the company.

Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Randgold Resources Ltd. (GOLD) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

Credit Suisse downgraded Marathon Petroleum (MPC) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Neutral" rating. They have a price target of $63.00 on the company.

Credit Suisse downgraded Phillips 66 (PSX) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Neutral" rating. They have a price target of $46.00 on the company.

Jefferies Group downgraded Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating. They have a price target of $62.00 on the company.

Jefferies Group downgraded Schnitzer Steel (SCHN) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

Jefferies Group downgraded Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) from a "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Reliance (RS) (UBSH) (WFM) (AMLN) (AOS) (BH) Ratings, Price Targets

Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE: RS), Union First Market Bankshares (NASDAQ: UBSH), Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM), Amylin Pharma (NASDAQ: AMLN), A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) and Biglari Holdings (NYSE: BH) ratings and price targets.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS) was downgraded by Credit Agricole from an “Outperform” rating to an “Underperform” rating.

Union First Market Bankshares (UBSH) was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

Whole Foods Market (WFM) was downgraded by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to a “Buy” rating.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) reiterated its "Overweight" rating on Amylin Pharma (AMLN). They have a price target of $17.00 on the company.

Jefferies Group (NYSE:JEF) reiterated its "Buy" rating on A.O. Smith (AOS).

BGB Securities reiterated its "Buy" rating on Biglari Holdings (BH). They have a price target of $500.00 on the company.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

POSCO (NYSE:PKX), US Steel (NYSE:X), Nucor (NYSE:NUE), Reliance (NYSE:RS) on UBS' (NYSE:UBS) Outlook for Industry

Citing soft flat-rolled volumes, UBS (NYSE:UBS) said Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC) and United States Steel Corp. (NYSE:X) could miss earnings, pushing the entire sector down Tuesday.

Even more dramatic was the downwardly revised full-year profit estimate of POSCO (NYSE:PKX), which was slashed by 7 percent. Slowing demand and higher costs were the reasons given for the changes.

The one positive note was Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:SCHN), which UBS said could generate better results in the third quarter than thought.

The Market Vectors Steel ETF (NYSE:SLX) closed at $64.88, losing $0.67, or 1.02 percent.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum closed Tuesday at $43.24, down $0.33, or 0.76 percent. Nucor Corp. (NYSE:NUE) finished the session at $39.88, losing $0.20, or 0.50 percent. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE:AKS) dropped to $14.50, a loss of $0.14, or 0.96 percent.

Posco plummeted to $114.47, falling $5.03, or 4.21 percent. Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. fell to an even $50, a slight loss of $0.03, or 0.06 percent. Commercial Metals Company was also off just a little, ending at $14.76, dropping $0.06, or 0.40 percent.

The steel industry overall is in for a rough ride as news continues to confirm demand is slowing.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) Helps Century (NASDAQ:CENX), Alumina (NYSE:AWC) Soar on Quarterly Results, Guidance

Although there are a lot of uncertainties remaining in the aluminum market, that didn't stop investors from pushing up the share prices of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), Alumina Limited (NYSE:AWC) and Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX).

Alcoa beat revenue estimates and increased their aluminum demand outlook.

Alcoa closed the week at $12.89, gaining $0.69, or 5.66 percent on Friday. Century Aluminum ended the session at $13.99, rising $0.63, or 4.72 percent. Alumina surged $7.80, increasing $0.37, or 4.98 percent.

Among the top aluminum performers for the day was Noranda Aluminum Holding (NYSE:NOR), which rose to $10.08, gaining $0.89, or 9.68 percent.

Others in positive territory were Aluminum Corporation Of China Limited (NYSE:ACH). Reliance Steel and Aluminum (NYSE:RS) and Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU)

Aluminum Corporation closed at $24.79, rising $0.19, or 0.77 percent. Reliance finished the week at $43.89, gaining $1.44 on Friday, or 3.39 percent. Kaiser Aluminum ended the session at $44.38, an increase of $1.17, or 2.71 percent.

The market is starting to believe emerging markets can carry aluminum demand without much help from mature economies.