Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of WLT, versus UEC and JRCC.

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Walter Energy ( WLT) produces metallurgical coal for use in the steel industry.

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Coal stocks like Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT), for instance, rallied sharply on Tuesday.

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Other main components of the Fund include Joy Global ( JOYG), Bucyrus International ( BUCY) and Walter Energy ( WLT).

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In earnings news, a coal stock we often watch, Walter Energy (WLT) missed badly on EPS and is trading 11% lower.

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Richard also points out that WLT is in the process of expanding its business, which should produce even greater revenue growth in coming quarters.

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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, WLT makes up 3.90% of the Coal ETF ( AMEX: KOL) which is trading lower by about 2.9% on the day Wednesday.

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Yesterday, rumors that U.K.-based miner Anglo-American may bid for U.S.-based coal-producer Walter Energy (WLT), spurred by The Times of London newspaper, resulted in a 21% jump in WLT shares.

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Four stocks, Walter Energy (WLT), Raytheon Corp.

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" Responding to the run-up in WLT, Li said, "Walter has outperformed its peers because it has successfully transformed itself from a sub-prime lending and homebuilding and coal business to a pure play in high margin metallurgical coal business.

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