Closed @ $14.20 0n May 20, after hitting intraday high of $14.75. Doesn't matter. Inching higher every day. Slow & steady. This is a slam dunk sure thing.
Good post. No matter what, ACAD going up.
Going to crash tomorrow......
It's up 20% on the day. Not too shabby. And no shares to short, meaning it's fully shorted. Jumping around in AH, with weak numbers but strong guidance. Lot's of BS like all solar stocks, including SPWR which is losing almost $3 per share. They are now trying to copy SCTY's leasing angle, as SCTY, just a start up is kicking their #$%$ because of Elan Musk. All this junk will be obsolete in 20 years, when fusion reactors will power the entire world cheaply.
$44million more than same quarter last year. MCP executives have a history of lying, and you cannot believe a word they say, as they are in the business of fleecing share holders, not selling product for profit. Almost 30 years in business, and never made a dime. A vast scam. Former CEO Mark Smith should be in jail. This will go up 20-30 cents and then fall back down as always. Soros dumped his position for a reason.
Can't short it anymore. I was shorting it years ago from much higher levels. But be my guest and buy it up. I am not here competing with you. Just giving my opinion and trying to help others out. And I don't take pleasure in other people's losses, unlike you, when you mistakenly thought I took a loss shorting ESI, which I wasn't. So you will have to keep your ego in check, and brag to someone else. By the way, I don't only short. I play both ways.
They lost 47 million in the quarter. Last year they lost 3 million in same quarter. They are losing more & more all the time. Management here has always lied.
Molycorp Inc.'s (MCP) first-quarter loss widened sharply as languid prices for the mining company's rare-earth products and the high cost of production weighed on results.
Results exceeded Street expectations, however, as revenue jumped. Shares rose 7.6% after hours to $6.02. Through the close, the stock was down 41% since the start of the year.
Molycorp's earnings continue to be pressured by weak prices for the rare-earth products it sells for use in high-tech gadgets. Chief Executive Constantine Karayannopoulos, who was tapped to lead the company last year, told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday that prices remained roughly steady in the first quarter, but since have fallen around 12% on average since late 2012.
The CEO attributed the price drop largely to the resumption of smuggling activities on the southern border of China following a break for the Lunar New Year holiday, as illicit low-cost mining operations hawk their products at prices that benefit from a lack of environmental costs and regulatory expenses. The Chinese government has pledged to crack down on the illegal production and trade.
Molycorp has seen strong top-line growth, thanks in part to last year's acquisition of Neo Material Technologies, a deal made to create a fully integrated mining and production firm in the West.
Mr. Karayannopoulos said that demand has shown signs of picking up from cyclical lows, on a broad basis.
"We're going through the planning process for the year" with the Japanese companies that make up the bulk of Molycorp's customers, said Mr. Karayannopoulos, "and we're starting to see optimism that demand is coming back."
He said the company expects "a spotty improvement" in the second quarter, and material improvement in the second half.
Molycorp has been hit by accumulating costs in its efforts to modernize and expand its Mountain Pass facility in California. The facility isn't expected to reach full-scale commercial production until the middle of the year. The CEO said that full production may be delayed if prices don't support it, or if the company's Chlor-Alkali wastewater facility isn't yet online. The plant, expected to be up in August or September and fully operational by the fourth quarter, is expected to contribute to substantial cost savings.
Overall, Molycorp reported a first-quarter loss of $47.2 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $3.5 million, or seven cents a share, a year earlier. The latest quarter included inventory write-downs of $37.2 million, while the year-earlier period included due diligence expenses, inventory write-downs and other costs. Excluding these impacts, Molycorp reported an adjusted loss of 15 cents, compared with a year-earlier profit of 18 cents.
Revenue jumped 73% to $146.4 million.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting a per-share loss of 27 cents on revenue of $138 million.
Molycorp sold 3,274 metric tons of product across all business segments during the quarter at an average selling price of $44.71 per kilogram, generating a gross loss of $20.5 million. The average selling price was a modest improvement over $43.38 in the fourth quarter.
Input costs jumped in the latest period. Operating expenses also grew, reflecting higher impairment costs tied to the Mountain Pass facility and research and development expenses.
The company had $404.8 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand at the end of the latest quarter. The company has said it expects to spend up to $450 million this year on capital expenditures, compared with last year's total of $790 million. For the remainder of the year, the cash expenditures are expected to reach $250 million.
The company also expects to spend an additional $80 million on the modernization and expansion of Mountain Pass in 2014.
Molycorp's shares have dropped dramatically since 2011, when many feared that China would restrict its output of rare earth minerals.
Sell it short if you can. Massive losses. Never holds gains. Scam company. Never made a profit in almost 30 years.
From Ameritrade news:
"Molycorp's first-quarter loss widened sharply as languid prices for the mining company's rare-earth products and the high cost of production weighed on results."
Your broker has control of your account?
Ha, ha!. They can't change their pick now. They were probably short their pump.
6 at best, 4 at worst. Strong sell. Bankruptcy possible.
You are a dumb one, no doubt about it. This company is finished.
Susanne is dumb......shorts will cover @ 6.....
Agreed. Can't understand bump in pre-market. Should be $6.....
I think you mean bankruptcy shortly.....
You're going to come from losing your #$%$?
That's the only "epic" here.....
They took it literally.....May first.....
Earnings before or after market close?