Comstock Inc. (LODE) vs Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. (MTA)

Comstock Inc. and Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. are both Other Precious Metals & Mining companies. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $757.4M against $143.6M — 5.3× the size. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 91.1% against −69.1%. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. has the higher net margin (−2.82% vs −6,011.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.64% vs −30.9%). Across the 18 metrics below, Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. leads on 14 and Comstock Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric LODE MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m n/m 16.61
P/S 133.72 48.13 5.88
P/B 0.96 2.94 2.04
Price to free cash flow n/m 270.95 35.74
EV/EBITDA n/m 164.64 10.60
EV/Sales 115.27 48.96 4.85
Earnings yield (57.54%) (0.15%) 3.27%
Free cash flow yield (27.64%) 0.37% 0.53%

Profitability

Metric LODE MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Gross margin (165.57%) 87.07% 41.02%
Operating margin (5,845.64%) 16.80% 25.20%
Net margin (6,011.76%) (2.82%) 8.50%
Free cash flow margin (3,667.19%) 17.76% 2.55%
Return on equity (52.47%) (0.17%) 13.37%
Return on assets (35.70%) (0.16%) 9.34%
Return on invested capital (30.85%) 0.64% 0.64%

Growth

Metric LODE MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) (69.07%) 91.12% 54.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.55% 16.67% 91.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 50.43% 37.70% 20.68%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LODE MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.08 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 3.20 4.50 5.20
Net debt to EBITDA 0.15 1.09 0.28

Dividend

Metric LODE MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 1.14%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric LODE MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Market cap 143.63m 757.35m 881.52m

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