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The 'Great Steel Squeeze Of 2021' Continues: What's Next?
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 12:20pm | 494The 2021 surge in steel prices has once again prompted Bank of America to raise its earnings outlook for U.S. steel stocks. EPS Adjustments: On Wednesday, Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners raised her 2021 and 2022 EPS estimates for steel stocks across the board and is now expecting significant...
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'Unprecedented Steel Bubble': Here's How To Play It
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 1:50pm | 373Record U.S. steel prices have steel stocks soaring, but Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners said Wednesday the steel stock party won’t last forever. Tanners recently did a deep dive on past steel price peaks and found a history of sharp drops in steel prices and stocks. History Lesson...
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BofA Upgrades Steel Dynamics, Nucor Amid Record Steel Prices
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 1:31pm | 449U.S. steel prices remain at record highs. One analyst says investors shouldn’t fight the trend and upgraded two steel stocks. The Analyst: Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners upgraded Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NYSE: STLD) from Neutral to Buy and raised her price target from $49 to $61. Tanners...
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Record Steel Prices Create Investment Opportunities For These 4 Stocks
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 12:48pm | 522U.S. hot-rolled coil steel prices recently hit all-time highs of $1,300 per short ton. Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners said Wednesday that record prices will generate huge profits for steel mills in the first half of 2021. Heading into first-quarter earnings season, Tanners said investors...
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Here's Why BofA Raised US Steel Target By 50%
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 10:59am | 247United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) guided to Q1 EBITDA above the consensus estimate, but two-thirds of its sales are on contract, which limits near-term upside potential from record high hot rolled coil (HRC) prices, according to BofA Securities. The US Steel Analyst: Timna Tanners...
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Here's How The US Steel Industry Is Getting Greener
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 12:55pm | 450The U.S. steel industry is leading the world in turning its business green. In a note out on Friday, Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners said U.S. steel producers like United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) and Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD) already...
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BofA Upgrades Reliance Steel On Possible FCF Deployment
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 2:06pm | 241Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co’s (NYSE: RS) second- and third-quarter results topped expectations and the company seems poised for strong free cash flow generation going ahead, according to BofA Securities. The Reliance Steel Analyst: Timna Tanners upgraded Reliance Steel & Aluminum...
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Cleveland-Cliffs' ArcelorMittal Asset Purchase Could Help Combat 'Steelmageddon'
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 - 1:10pm | 487On Monday, ArcelorMittal SA (NYSE: MT) announced the sale of nearly all of its U.S. steel-making assets to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF) for $1.4 billion. The deal will make Cleveland-Cliffs the largest U.S. blast furnace operator and auto sheet supplier and will have a major impact on the...
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BofA Upgrades Alcoa On More Positive Aluminum Outlook
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 11:06am | 233Alcoa Corp (NYSE: AA) seems poised for an earnings beat in the back half of the year given an improved aluminum outlook, according to BofA Securities. The Alcoa Analyst: Timna Tanners upgraded Alcoa from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $14 to $17. The Alcoa Thesis: Aluminum...
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What A Biden Victory Could Mean For US Steel Industry
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 11:00am | 635U.S. steel stocks have had a tough run under President Donald Trump, but Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners says things might not get much better for steel stocks if presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the White House in November. Biden now has a 20-point lead over Trump,...
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US Steel Analyst 'Very Concerned' About Liquidity Following Guidance Update
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 2:45pm | 389United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) shares dropped 9% on Wednesday after the company provided mid-quarter guidance that reminded investors of its liquidity challenges. On Wednesday, Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners cut her 2020 U.S. Steel revenue and earnings forecast and said she's...
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Analyst: Vulcan, Martin Marietta Could Be $1T Infrastructure Spending Winners
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 3:55pm | 428Infrastructure stocks traded higher this week on reports that the Trump administration is preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure investment stimulus bill. Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners said it’s unlikely the bill will successfully make its way through Congress in an election year...
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BofA Cuts US Steel's Price Target To $3
Monday, March 30, 2020 - 11:30am | 437United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) shares dropped another 5% on Monday to under $5.50, but one analyst said the stock still has nearly 50% downside remaining. The US Steel Analyst Bank of America analyst Timna Tanners reiterated her Underperform rating for U.S. Steel and cut her price target...
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7 Ways To Invest In Gold Amid Coronavirus Fears
Friday, February 14, 2020 - 5:38pm | 1072The COVID-19 virus outbreak has certainly made investors uneasy, and the idea of a deadly global pandemic is cause for concern. One traditional safety trade for investors is to buy gold or gold mining stocks. The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) is up 3.8% so far in 2020, but the VanEck Vectors Gold...
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BofA Upgrades Freeport-McMoRan In Anticipation Of Grasberg Contribution
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 5:17pm | 311Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX) has completed another “transition year” in the move to underground mining at its giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia and this key asset seems poised for full contribution both for copper and gold production, according to Bank of America. The Analyst BofA...