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 $43.6M against $5.0M — 8.7× 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 22.71
P/S 0.24 35.61 5.39
P/B 0.15 1.69 1.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 14.19
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 5.51
EV/Sales 0.23 34.89 4.77
Earnings yield (25.69%) (11.17%) (11.17%)
Free cash flow yield (122.66%) (9.39%) (7.91%)

Profitability

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 24.98% 0.00% 14.48%
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%) (6.24%)
Return on assets 0.00% (17.78%) (14.10%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (19.70%) (3.57%)

Growth

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 62.71% 123.25% 28.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 56.25% 42.86% (14.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.22% 11.01% 6.99%
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 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA 0.15 1.82 1.03

Dividend

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 2.31%
Payout ratio — — 0.12

Size

Metric CHNR XPL Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 4.99m 43.56m 433.17m

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