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 $777.9M against $130.7M — 6.0× the size. Comstock Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Avino Silver trades at 16.5×. Avino Silver grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 47.9% against −52.2%. Avino Silver has the higher net margin (38.2% vs −3,680.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.8% vs −29.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, Avino Silver leads on 15 and Comstock Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
P/E 16.50 n/m 14.87
P/S 6.67 99.00 6.67
P/B 2.78 0.93 2.34
Price to free cash flow 45.74 n/m 35.79
EV/EBITDA 11.41 n/m 10.70
EV/Sales 5.48 78.84 5.61
Earnings yield 6.06% (42.20%) 4.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.19% (29.06%) 0.38%

Profitability

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 54.44% 0.00% 46.03%
Operating margin 42.31% (3,535.03%) 21.00%
Net margin 38.18% (3,680.29%) 8.13%
Free cash flow margin 14.58% (2,351.30%) 1.08%
Return on equity 21.05% (37.24%) 8.66%
Return on assets 18.09% (27.24%) 5.12%
Return on invested capital 21.80% (28.96%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 47.93% (52.20%) 47.73%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 183.33% 63.55% 90.00%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 41.91% 50.43% 23.71%
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 0.00 0.00
Current ratio 5.85 3.31 5.58
Net debt to EBITDA (2.50) 0.15 0.52

Dividend

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 1.17%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Market cap 777.91m 130.71m 860.59m

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