Teck Resources Ltd (NYSE:TCK) – Analysts at BB&T Corp. decreased their FY2015 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Teck Resources in a report issued on Monday, Zacks Investment Research reports. BB&T Corp. analyst G. Nelson now anticipates that the firm will earn $0.25 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.34. BB&T Corp. currently has a “Buy” rating and a $10.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teck Resources’ FY2015 earnings is $0.24 per share. BB&T Corp. also issued estimates for Teck Resources’ Q4 2015 earnings at $0.04 EPS and FY2016 earnings at $0.28 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Teck Resources from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, October 25th. FBR & Co. downgraded shares of Teck Resources to an “outperform” rating and set a $12.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, October 1st. CIBC upgraded shares of Teck Resources from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Raymond James reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $7.00 price target (down previously from $11.50) on shares of Teck Resources in a research note on Sunday, December 6th. Finally, TD Securities reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $8.50 price target (down previously from $11.00) on shares of Teck Resources in a research note on Friday, November 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. Teck Resources currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $10.08.

Teck Resources (NYSE:TCK) opened at 3.46 on Wednesday. The firm’s market cap is $1.99 billion. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $3.47 and its 200 day moving average is $5.53. Teck Resources has a 1-year low of $2.56 and a 1-year high of $16.40.

The company also recently disclosed a semiannual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 14th were issued a dividend of $0.0375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 10th. This represents a yield of 1.65%.

Teck Resources Ltd. is engaged in the business of exploring, acquiring, developing and producing natural resources. The Company is focused on steelmaking coal, copper, zinc and energy. The Company exports seaborne steelmaking coal and produces mined zinc. The Company also produces lead, molybdenum, silver, and various specialty and other metals, chemicals and fertilizers. It explores for copper from its interests in Antamina in Peru, Quebrada Blanca and Carmen de Andacollo in Chile and Duck Pond in Newfoundland. The Company has around 97.5% interest in Highland Valley Copper. The Company produces mined zinc, primarily from its Red Dog mine in Alaska, the Antamina mine in northern Peru, and its Pend Oreille mine in Washington State. Its energy assets in the Athabasca oil sands region of northeastern Alberta include its interests in the Fort Hills oil sands project, Frontier oil sands project in various other oil sands leases in the exploration phase, including the Lease 421 Area.

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