China Natural Resources, Inc. (CHNR) vs Solitario Resources Corp. (XPL)

China Natural Resources, Inc. and Solitario Resources Corp. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Solitario Resources Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $48.8M against $4.9M — 10.0× the size. Solitario Resources Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 123.3% against 62.7%. Solitario Resources Corp. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −108.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (−19.7% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, China Natural Resources, Inc. leads on 10 and Solitario Resources Corp. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m n/m 26.65
P/S 0.24 39.48 6.78
P/B 0.16 1.88 1.18
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.65
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 7.09
EV/Sales 0.23 38.77 4.64
Earnings yield (25.25%) (10.08%) (9.58%)
Free cash flow yield (120.54%) (8.47%) (8.41%)

Profitability

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 24.98% 0.00% 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% (18.27%) (7.90%)
Return on assets 0.00% (17.78%) (11.61%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (19.70%) (3.47%)

Growth

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 62.71% 123.25% 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 56.25% 42.86% (15.57%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.22% 11.01% 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 0.15 14.21 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 0.15 1.82 1.07

Dividend

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 1.46%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 4.90m 48.80m 454.02m

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