Based on the aggregated intelligence of 130,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, International Coal
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at International Coal's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
International Coal facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Scott Depot, W. Va. (2004) |
Market Cap |
$277.54 million |
Industry |
Coal and consumable fuels |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$1.1 billion |
Management |
CEO Bennett Hatfield (since 2005) |
Compound Annual Revenue Growth (over last three years) |
19.0% |
Competitors |
Alpha Natural Resources |
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, 667 of the 692 members who have rated International Coal -- or 96% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star tuffsledding, who is ranked in the top 0.2% of our community, and TSIF.
Earlier this week, tuffsledding tapped International Coal as a way to take advantage of the downturn: "[W]hen the economy starts to rebound, coal demand will rise again, despite the green revolution, we still need coal."
In a pitch from two weeks ago, TSIF shares that contrarian sentiment:
New coal plant introduction may be limited, but existing coal plants in the US will be operating for at least the next two decades before going out of service and some will limp along much longer. In addition, some of the Appalachia coal that International Coal Group mines is high quality metallurgical quality coal needed by the steel industry. [International Coal's] customers include high grade utilities. The cost of shipping coal means that even the pricing pressures have some limits as competition from overseas is not economical. While coal is a four letter word in a dirty business, as an investment [International Coal] is well positioned to rise above the sub-$2 price level it is at now.
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