China Natural Resources, Inc. (CHNR) vs Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. (FMST)

China Natural Resources, Inc. and Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $12.5M against $4.8M — 2.6× the size. Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −108.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (−17.5% vs 0.00%). Across the 10 metrics below, China Natural Resources, Inc. leads on 7 and Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CHNR FMST Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m n/m 27.78
P/S 4.31 n/m 8.14
P/B 2.77 0.46 1.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.31
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.66
EV/Sales 4.30 n/m 6.17
Earnings yield (25.00%) (58.33%) (8.03%)
Free cash flow yield (6.84%) (102.43%) (6.85%)

Profitability

Metric CHNR FMST Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 24.98% — 14.52%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (108.01%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (25.70%) (7.90%)
Return on assets 0.00% (23.76%) (11.61%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (17.49%) (3.47%)

Growth

Metric CHNR FMST Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 62.71% — 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 56.25% (11.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.22% — 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHNR FMST Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 0.15 2.53 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 0.15 0.71 1.10

Dividend

Metric CHNR FMST Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 4.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric CHNR FMST Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 4.80m 12.49m 586.13m

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