Fortuna Mining Corp. (FSM) vs Novagold Resources Inc. (NG)

Fortuna Mining Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc. are both Gold companies. Fortuna Mining Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc. are of similar size ($3.4B and $3.2B). Novagold Resources Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Fortuna Mining Corp. trades at 9.5×. Fortuna Mining Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 58.6% against 18.2%. Fortuna Mining Corp. has the higher net margin (32.0% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.1% vs −19.1%). Across the 16 metrics below, Fortuna Mining Corp. leads on 14 and Novagold Resources Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric FSM NG Gold median
P/E 9.50 n/m 23.34
P/S 2.98 n/m 5.02
P/B 1.93 7.43 3.53
Price to free cash flow 8.48 n/m 16.73
EV/EBITDA 3.96 n/m 8.34
EV/Sales 2.66 n/m 4.92
Earnings yield 10.52% (2.41%) 1.44%
Free cash flow yield 11.80% (0.57%) 0.75%

Profitability

Metric FSM NG Gold median
Gross margin 57.24% 0.00% 50.00%
Operating margin 51.23% 0.00% 26.32%
Net margin 31.98% 0.00% 12.30%
Free cash flow margin 35.10% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 22.59% (24.63%) 6.36%
Return on assets 16.32% (15.56%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 27.13% (19.10%) 0.52%

Growth

Metric FSM NG Gold median
Revenue growth (TTM) 58.62% 18.16% 68.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 119.51% (78.57%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.69% — 16.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 67.89% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FSM NG Gold median
Debt to equity 0.11 0.41 0.10
Current ratio 3.00 112.82 3.08
Net debt to EBITDA (0.61) (1.08) 0.00

Dividend

Metric FSM NG Gold median
Dividend yield — — 1.49%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric FSM NG Gold median
Market cap 3.40b 3.15b 1.96b

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack