In forming this rank, the analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses were tallied, and averaged; then, the underlying components of the Metals Channel Global Mining Titans Index were ranked according to those averages. Investors often interpret analyst opinions from different angles — when companies have a low rank among analysts, it isn't necessarily the case that investors should conclude that the stock will perform poorly. It can, of course, but a bullish investor could also take the contrarian angle and read into the data that there is lots of room for upside because the stock is so out of favor.

CMC operates in the Non-Precious Metals & Non-Metallic Mining sector, among companies like Southern Copper Corp (SCCO) which is off about 0.8% today, and Howmet Aerospace Inc (HWM) trading up by about 1.6%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of CMC, versus SCCO and HWM.

CMC is currently trading up about 0.1% midday Friday.

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