Avino Silver (ASM) vs Comstock Inc. (LODE)

Avino Silver and Comstock Inc. are both Other Precious Metals & Mining companies. Avino Silver is the larger, with a market value of $881.5M against $143.6M — 6.1× the size. Comstock Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Avino Silver trades at 19.1×. Avino Silver grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 47.9% against −69.1%. Avino Silver has the higher net margin (38.2% vs −6,011.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.8% vs −30.9%). Across the 18 metrics below, Avino Silver leads on 16 and Comstock Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
P/E 19.07 n/m 16.61
P/S 7.71 133.72 5.88
P/B 3.21 0.96 2.04
Price to free cash flow 52.87 n/m 35.74
EV/EBITDA 13.57 n/m 10.60
EV/Sales 6.52 115.27 4.85
Earnings yield 5.24% (57.54%) 3.27%
Free cash flow yield 1.89% (27.64%) 0.53%

Profitability

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 54.44% (165.57%) 41.02%
Operating margin 42.31% (5,845.64%) 25.20%
Net margin 38.18% (6,011.76%) 8.50%
Free cash flow margin 14.58% (3,667.19%) 2.55%
Return on equity 21.05% (52.47%) 13.37%
Return on assets 18.09% (35.70%) 9.34%
Return on invested capital 21.80% (30.85%) 0.64%

Growth

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 47.93% (69.07%) 54.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 183.33% 63.55% 91.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 41.91% 50.43% 20.68%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.02 0.08 0.00
Current ratio 5.85 3.20 5.20
Net debt to EBITDA (2.50) 0.15 0.28

Dividend

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 1.14%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Market cap 881.52m 143.63m 881.52m

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