Austin Gold Corp. (AUST) vs Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. (IDR)

Austin Gold Corp. and Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. are both Gold companies. Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $471.6M against $14.9M — 31.6× the size. Austin Gold Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. trades at 20.8×. Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. has the higher net margin (44.0% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.0% vs −24.3%). Across the 14 metrics below, Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. leads on 11 and Austin Gold Corp. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AUST IDR Gold median
P/E n/m 20.82 23.34
P/S n/m 9.45 5.02
P/B 2.24 3.90 3.53
Price to free cash flow n/m 255.97 16.73
EV/EBITDA n/m 17.35 8.34
EV/Sales n/m 8.71 4.92
Earnings yield (16.67%) 4.80% 1.44%
Free cash flow yield (19.03%) 0.39% 0.75%

Profitability

Metric AUST IDR Gold median
Gross margin 0.00% 64.15% 50.00%
Operating margin 0.00% 45.08% 26.32%
Net margin 0.00% 44.00% 12.30%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 3.69% 0.00%
Return on equity (32.98%) 25.55% 6.36%
Return on assets (32.54%) 23.84% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (24.33%) 16.97% 0.52%

Growth

Metric AUST IDR Gold median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 66.79% 68.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 47.83% 70.15% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 49.52% 16.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AUST IDR Gold median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.01 0.10
Current ratio 19.44 12.17 3.08
Net debt to EBITDA 1.77 (2.46) 0.00

Dividend

Metric AUST IDR Gold median
Dividend yield — — 1.49%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AUST IDR Gold median
Market cap 14.93m 471.62m 1.96b

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