Written on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 5:21am
By Chip Brian
Below are the top five companies in the Precious Metals & Minerals industry as measured by the potential gains between the current stock price and the projected average analyst target.
Platinum Group Metals (AMEX:PLG) has a potential upside of 74.5% based on a current price of $1.7 and an average consensus analyst price target of $2.97.
ECU Silver Mining (NASDAQ:ECUXF) has a potential upside of 73.6% based on a current price of
.56 and an average consensus analyst price target of
.97.
North American Palladium (AMEX:PAL) has a potential upside of 68.9% based on a current price of $3.13 and an average consensus analyst price target of $5.29.
Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRI) has a potential upside of 68.6% based on a current price of $16.44 and an average consensus analyst price target of $27.72.
Mountain Province Diamonds (AMEX:MDM) has a potential upside of 64.6% based on a current price of $2.85 and an average consensus analyst price target of $4.69.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of PAL and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 05, 2010 at $4.04. The stock has fallen 22.5% since the alert was issued.