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MetricDCDakota Gold Corp.RGLDROYAL GOLD INCCDECoeur Mining, Inc.AUGOAura Minerals Inc.Median of the restexcluding DC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$5.59▲ 0.07 (1.27%)
$234.72▼ 7.28 (3.01%)
$13.88▼ 1.25 (8.26%)
$78.55▼ 6.77 (7.93%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/108.7/1010.0/104.0/108.7/10
Market value$637.6M$19.83B$8.91B$6.56B
Revenue—$1.03B$2.07B$921.7M
Profit-$29.5M$466.3M$585.9M-$79.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—43.2%96.4%55.1%55.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—69.3%—58.0%63.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—61.9%34.2%49.2%49.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.—45.2%28.3%-8.6%28.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.——32.2%13.6%22.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-26.3%6.5%17.7%-29.9%6.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-29.3%6.6%21.9%91.7%21.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—42.54x15.21x—28.87x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—25.14x8.74x12.75x12.75x
Price to book5.67x2.77x2.69x24.70x2.77x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.03x0.33x0.42x5.05x0.42x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/65/95/75/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safen/a for bankssafedistress

How DC compares with the others

  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.0x against 0.4x.

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