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MIRANT CORP NEW (NYSE)
MIR 12.95 -0.19 (-1.45%) Vol.  122,129 10:28 ET

Day Low - High 12.92 - 13.25
52wk Low - High 9.11 - 19.12
Avg Volume 1,505,436
Industry UTIL-ELEC PWR
Market Cap 1.91 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 8.43
PEG Ratio 1.2
Current Year Est. 1.56
EPS Last Year 3.83
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# 2Strong Sell50.23%
# 3Hold14%
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# 5Hold1.85%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 3.20
ABR (Last Week) 3.20
# of Recs in ABR 10
Average Target Price 15.50
Industry Rank by ABR 205 out of 217
Rank in Industry 78 out of 85
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR MIR
Zacks Equity Research: Report for MIR
Feb 02, 2010
Zacks Blog: Company News for February 1, 2010
Feb 01, 2010
Zacks Blog: Zacks.com featured expert Kevin Matras highlights: British American Tobacco p.l.c., Mirant Corp., Collective Brands, Inc., Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P....
Jul 28, 2009
Screen of the Week: 'Magic Numbers'? and Relative Valuations
Jul 28, 2009
Value: Kinetic Concepts Inc.
Jul 27, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Synaptics, Inc., Baxter International Inc., Bio-Referance Laboratories Inc. and Mirant Corporation
Jul 23, 2009
Value: Mirant Corporation
Jul 23, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Tuesday
Jul 21, 2009
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NEWS
SmarTrend research report available on Mirant (NYSE:MIR)
Feb 08, 2010
Mirant: The Trend Continues Lower (MIR)
Feb 02, 2010
Mirant to Host Q4 2009 Earnings Call
Jan 19, 2010
Mirant Downward Momentum Looks to Continue (MIR)
Dec 31, 2009
Mirant Down 3.2% Since SmarTrend's Sell Recommendation
Dec 22, 2009
Mirant Completes $1.67B Air Quality Control Installation
Dec 21, 2009
Mirant Down 6.4% Since SmarTrend's Sell Recommendation
Dec 15, 2009
PicksThatMove: www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, December 07, 2009: TEG, CF, MIL, MIR, OEH and DL
Dec 07, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.53 0.31 3.35 1.56
Number of Estimates 7 2 6 7
Low Estimates 0.23 0.26 2.58 1.14
High Estimate 0.74 0.35 3.97 2.00
Year Ago EPS 0.51 0.79 2.60 3.35
EPS Growth 3.92% -61.39% 28.72% -53.43%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Mirant is a competitive energy company that produces and sells electricity in the United States, the Caribbean, and the Philippines. Mirant owns or leases megawatts of electric generating capacity globally. The company operates an asset management and energy marketing organization from its headquarters in Atlanta.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.83
Sales 3188
Net Income 1191
Price/Earnings 3.43
Price/Book .44
Price/Cash Flow 3.09
Price/Sales .65


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