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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricPZGParamount Gold Nevada Corp.GRZ.VGRZ.VACRGAmerican Clean Resources Group, Inc.FTCOFortitude Gold CorpMedian of the restexcluding PZG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$0.9189▲ 0.00 (0.37%)
C$6.45▼ 0.85 (11.64%)
$10.00▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
$4.50▼ 0.11 (2.39%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/102.0/102.0/106.0/102.0/10
Market value$79.1M$791.5M$141.0M$109.7M
Revenue—$0.00—$18.4M
Profit-$15.6M-$48.1M-$1.9M$420.0K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.———-50.7%-50.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.———54.1%54.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—————
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.———2.3%2.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.———-81.3%-81.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-45.9%-57.1%18.3%0.4%0.4%
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.-27.4%————
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.———261.16x261.16x
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.—————
Price to book2.33x9.39x-13.40x1.05x1.05x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.79x0.31x-0.42x0.30x0.30x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.1/61/74/64/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistressnot reported

How PZG compares with the others

  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 0.3x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.