Top 3 Companies in the Commodity Chemicals Industry With the Highest Earnings Yield (CMT, FFHL, BEST) Mallory Stone Apr 25, 2012 (Fast Lane via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.Core Molding Technologies (AMEX:CMT) is highest with an earnings yield of 16.9%. Core Molding Technologies, Inc. is a compounder of sheet molding composites (SMC"s) and molder of fiberglass reinforced plastics. The Company"s processing capabilities include the compression molding of SMC"s, vacuum assisted resin infusion molding, and spray up and lay up processes. Core Molding produces fiberglass reinforced, molded products and SMC materials for varied markets. Core Molding Technologies has traded 14,000 shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 46,000 shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-0.5% to the Dow"s 0.6%) and underperformed the S&P 500 (-0.5% to the S&P"s 1.0%) during today"s trading. Following is Fuwei Films Holdings (NASDAQ:FFHL) with an earnings yield of 16.3%. Finishing up the top three is Shiner International (NASDAQ:BEST), with an earnings yield of 14.6%. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial News Network Online (FNNO) is a leading provider of digital financial news content for distribution on the web. You can count on FNNO to bring you the latest market news, earnings reports, analyst comments, economic data reports and more. Visit http://www.fnno.com today.
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