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 $1.0B against $194.5M — 5.3× the size. Comstock Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Avino Silver trades at 21.2×. 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 21.21 n/m 18.01
P/S 8.57 191.25 7.00
P/B 3.57 1.38 2.46
Price to free cash flow 58.81 n/m 58.16
EV/EBITDA 15.38 n/m 12.47
EV/Sales 7.39 172.80 5.74
Earnings yield 4.71% (40.23%) 2.75%
Free cash flow yield 1.70% (19.33%) 0.51%

Profitability

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 54.44% (165.57%) 39.51%
Operating margin 42.31% (5,845.64%) 25.20%
Net margin 38.18% (6,011.76%) 5.02%
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%) 3.84%
Return on invested capital 21.80% (30.85%) 5.28%

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% —
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 — — 1.64%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ASM LODE Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Market cap 1.03b 194.54m 1.03b

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