Basic Material gainers: General Steel Holdings (NYSE:GSI), Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK), Triangle Petroleum Corporation (NYSEMKT:TPLM), Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR)

TheStreet Ratings team rates GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS INC (NYSE:GSI) as a Sell with a ratings score of E+. General Steel Holdings Inc (NYSE:GSI) shares after opening at $1.15 moved to $1.35 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $1.32. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.03 and price to cash ratio as 1.19. General Steel Holdings Inc (NYSE:GSI) showed a positive weekly performance of 16.81%.

Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, American Banking News reports. Comstock Resources Inc (NYSE:CRK) shares advanced 8.94% in last trading session and ended the day on $25.58. CRK return on equity ratio is recorded as 1.50% and its return on assets is 0.60%. Comstock Resources Inc (NYSE:CRK) yearly performance is 70.99%.

Triangle Petroleum Corporation (NYSEMKT:TPLM) is reporting for the quarter ending January 31, 2014. The consensus earnings per share forecast from the 6 analysts that follow the stock is $0.10. TPLM reported earnings of $-0.2 per share for the same quarter a year ago; representing a a decrease of -150.00%. Triangle Petroleum Corporation (NYSEMKT:TPLM) shares moved up 5.16% in last trading session and was closed at $8.36 while trading in range of $8.04 – $8.42 – Triangle Petroleum Corporation (NYSEMKT:TPLM) year to date (YTD) performance is 0.48%.

Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) was upgraded by stock analysts at First Analysis from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report issued on Friday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Newpark Resources Inc (NYSE:NR) weekly performance is 4.80%. On last trading day company shares ended up $11.57. Newpark Resources Inc (NYSE:NR) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.19%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $13.25.