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$42.04 -0.14 (-0.33%)
8/29/2008 2:05 PM

James River Coal Company (JRCC)

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The Company mines, processes and sells bituminous, steam- and industrial-grade coal through five operating complexes located throughout eastern Kentucky and one in southern Indiana.

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Minerals (112), Coal (21), Industrial Metals & Minerals (59), Micro Cap (4824)
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James River Coal Company At A Glance

Current Price: $42.04
Last Trade Time: 8/29/2008 2:05 PM
Open: $42.60
Previous Close: $42.18
Daily Range: $41.75 - $43.27
52-Week Range: $4.76 - $62.83
Volume: 782,147
Market Cap: $1.08B
P/E Ratio: 0.00
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James River Coal Company (JRCC)

Avatar mikemasland (< 20) Submitted: 7/10/08 2:00 AM

Strong technicals.
Strong fundamentals.

Coal demand is growing worldwide, especially in China.
This is a multi-year bullish trend with no end in sight.

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James River Coal Company (JRCC)

Avatar socalsy (53.34) Submitted: 8/16/08 7:29 PM

As a general rule, when your company loses money year after year, your stock price will suffer. Consider the following:


Current Assets = $77MM. Current Liabilities = $83MM (OUCH)


Long term debt = $166.24MM (OUCH)


Net losses for the past 5 quarters (at least) and...More

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Avatar labach (37.97) Submitted: 8/26/08 1:33 PM : Outperform Start Price: $39.32 JRCC Score: 4.91

This stock is undervalued. There is a large demand for Appalachian coal in the eastern United States.

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Avatar goldminingXpert (99.94) Submitted: 8/20/08 2:03 AM : Underperform Start Price: $40.26 JRCC Score: -2.71

Up 900% last year, that's about 950% too much.

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Avatar socalsy (53.34) Submitted: 8/16/08 7:29 PM : Underperform Start Price: $37.17 JRCC Score: -13.76

As a general rule, when your company loses money year after year, your stock price will suffer. Consider the following:


Current Assets = $77MM. Current Liabilities = $83MM (OUCH)


Long term debt = $166.24MM (OUCH)


Net losses for the past 5 quarters (at least) and the losses keep increasing (quintuple OUCH).





Why did this stock spike recently? Speculative bubble is my guess. People wanted to put their $ into energy stocks and commodities. It's hard to put a valuation on a cash sieve.





In the meantime, senior executives get richly rewarded. This company would be a textbook case of an anti-Buffett stock.

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Avatar thestockstalker (< 20) Submitted: 8/08/08 11:38 AM : Underperform Start Price: $33.42 JRCC Score: -24.88

Wow... there is absolutely no reason for this stock to be up this high.





Insiders agree... they have been selling for as low as $10 a share this year...





The run-up is over. Regardless of how I believe oil and coal stocks are bound to go up, this is one of the few I am going to have to rate underperform.

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Avatar wildeagain (23.56) Submitted: 7/26/08 12:29 AM : Outperform Start Price: $38.04 JRCC Score: 7.28

Same play I have had confidence in with mixed results for a while now. Chinese and Indian build out of infrastructure leading to energy shortages and demand that can't keep up with supply. Coal is another player in the theory. This co. moves like crazy when it's hot. 10 percent days are not uncommon. With it beaten down and off from 62 to 36 I am invested in the real world.

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