Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. (MTA) vs McEwen Inc. (MUX)

Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. and McEwen Inc. are both Other Precious Metals & Mining companies. McEwen Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $994.6M against $757.4M — 1.3× the size. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; McEwen Inc. trades at 11.9×. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 91.1% against 47.7%. McEwen Inc. has the higher net margin (32.5% vs −2.82%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.28% vs 0.64%). Across the 20 metrics below, McEwen Inc. leads on 13 and Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric MTA MUX Other Precious Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m 11.85 16.61
P/S 48.13 3.92 5.88
P/B 2.94 1.38 2.04
Price to free cash flow 270.95 153.73 35.74
EV/EBITDA 164.64 10.90 10.60
EV/Sales 48.96 4.06 4.85
Earnings yield (0.15%) 8.44% 3.27%
Free cash flow yield 0.37% 0.65% 0.53%

Profitability

Metric MTA MUX Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 87.07% 30.91% 41.02%
Operating margin 16.80% 25.20% 25.20%
Net margin (2.82%) 32.46% 8.50%
Free cash flow margin 17.76% 2.55% 2.55%
Return on equity (0.17%) 13.54% 13.37%
Return on assets (0.16%) 9.34% 9.34%
Return on invested capital 0.64% 5.28% 0.64%

Growth

Metric MTA MUX Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 91.12% 47.73% 54.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.67% 168.60% 91.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 37.70% 13.52% 20.68%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MTA MUX Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.05 0.18 0.00
Current ratio 4.50 2.04 5.20
Net debt to EBITDA 1.09 1.73 0.28

Dividend

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

Size

Metric MTA MUX Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Market cap 757.35m 994.62m 881.52m

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