What Investors Think About AK Steel

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Here's our CAPS community's sentiment on AK Steel (NYSE:AKS) both for this quarter and last (for comparison), as well as opinions on some related companies.

MetricAK SteelAlumina(NYSE:AWC)BHP Billiton(NYSE: BBL)Grupo Simec(AMEX: SIM)
This Quarter (7/30/2010):
Price:$13.99$5.63$61.54$6.69
% of Members Rating Outperform91%96%97%97%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform95%98%99%96%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)*******************
Last Quarter (5/1/2010):
Price:$16.70$5.61$61.00$8.36
% of Members Rating Outperform91%96%97%97%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform95%98%99%97%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)*******************

Source: Motley Fool CAPS. Dates given are the posting dates of AK Steel's most recent quarterly and/or annual reports to the SEC's website. Percentages are calculated from the number of members rating each company.

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