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Shares of Compass Minerals International Rank the Highest in terms of Cash Flow in the Diversified Metals & Mining Industry (CMP, SHZ, GFRE, FCX, WLT)

Written on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 4:30am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Diversified Metals & Mining industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 20.4x based on a current price of $70.78 and a free cash flow per share of $3.47.
China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (AMEX:SHZ) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 20.9x based on a current price of $0.73 and a free cash flow per share of $0.03.
Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GFRE) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 38.4x based on a current price of $8.8 and a free cash flow per share of $0.23.
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 42.2x based on a current price of $70.74 and a free cash flow per share of $1.68.
Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 64.4x based on a current price of $70.94 and a free cash flow per share of $1.1.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of GFRE and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on March 10, 2010 at $11.94. The stock has fallen 26.3% since the alert was issued.

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