Aura Minerals Inc. (AUGO) vs Equinox Gold Corp. (EQX)

Aura Minerals Inc. and Equinox Gold Corp. are both Gold companies. Equinox Gold Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $13.7B against $7.0B — 2.0× the size. Equinox Gold Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 11.5× against 23.3×. Equinox Gold Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 203.8% against 89.5%. Equinox Gold Corp. has the higher net margin (28.1% vs 23.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.1% vs 66.0%). Across the 20 metrics below, Equinox Gold Corp. leads on 11 and Aura Minerals Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric AUGO EQX Gold median
P/E 23.34 11.48 23.34
P/S 5.44 3.26 5.02
P/B 15.34 1.48 3.53
Price to free cash flow 33.34 35.96 16.73
EV/EBITDA 9.19 6.71 8.34
EV/Sales 5.58 3.29 4.92
Earnings yield 4.28% 8.71% 1.44%
Free cash flow yield 3.00% 2.78% 0.75%

Profitability

Metric AUGO EQX Gold median
Gross margin 60.00% 43.65% 50.00%
Operating margin 52.93% 35.93% 26.32%
Net margin 23.18% 28.09% 12.30%
Free cash flow margin 16.31% 9.05% 0.00%
Return on equity 100.16% 13.96% 6.36%
Return on assets 20.81% 8.21% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 65.98% 10.05% 0.52%

Growth

Metric AUGO EQX Gold median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.45% 203.80% 68.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (140.48%) (51.39%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 16.54% 16.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 58.29% 0.00%

Health

Metric AUGO EQX Gold median
Debt to equity 0.97 0.09 0.10
Current ratio 1.06 1.33 3.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 1.24 0.00

Dividend

Metric AUGO EQX Gold median
Dividend yield — — 1.49%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AUGO EQX Gold median
Market cap 6.96b 13.74b 1.96b

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