Aura Minerals Inc. (AUGO) vs Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD)

Aura Minerals Inc. and Royal Gold, Inc. are both Gold companies. Royal Gold, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.7B against $7.2B — 2.8× the size. Aura Minerals Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.4× against 26.0×. Royal Gold, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 93.5% against 89.5%. Royal Gold, Inc. has the higher net margin (47.8% vs 23.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.57% vs 66.0%). Both pay a dividend; Aura Minerals Inc. yields more (3.03% vs 0.80%). Across the 21 metrics below, Royal Gold, Inc. leads on 11 and Aura Minerals Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric AUGO RGLD Gold median
P/E 24.36 25.98 22.25
P/S 5.67 13.06 4.90
P/B 16.01 2.65 2.65
Price to free cash flow 34.79 15.43 17.98
EV/EBITDA 9.57 16.37 6.74
EV/Sales 5.82 13.23 4.80
Earnings yield 4.11% 3.85% 1.54%
Free cash flow yield 2.87% 6.48% 0.92%

Profitability

Metric AUGO RGLD Gold median
Gross margin 60.00% 86.90% 50.00%
Operating margin 52.93% 61.42% 26.32%
Net margin 23.18% 47.76% 12.30%
Free cash flow margin 16.31% 67.51% 0.00%
Return on equity 100.16% 13.49% 0.00%
Return on assets 20.81% 11.35% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 65.98% 7.57% 0.52%

Growth

Metric AUGO RGLD Gold median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.45% 93.51% 68.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (140.48%) 32.74% 50.00%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 10.84% 16.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 9.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric AUGO RGLD Gold median
Debt to equity 0.97 0.05 0.10
Current ratio 1.06 2.92 3.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.23 0.81 0.00

Dividend

Metric AUGO RGLD Gold median
Dividend yield 3.03% 0.80% 0.87%
Payout ratio 0.75 0.21 0.15

Size

Metric AUGO RGLD Gold median
Market cap 7.16b 19.74b 1.62b

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