We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to BTU. BTU scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.
95% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than BTU.
BTU is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. 88% of 210 stocks in the same industry do better.
BTU is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. BTU is lagging the S&P500 Index which is trading in the middle of its 52 week range.
In the last month BTU has a been trading in the 12.15 - 17.86 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
Prices have been falling strongly lately, it is better to avoid new long positions here.
Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days. In combination with the strong move down this is a bad signal.
BTU has an average volume of 3472450 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.