Freeport-McMoRan Inc. vs KINROSS GOLD CORP, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FCX and KGC diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), FCX reads +21.1% and KGC reads -4.4%; on debt / equity, FCX reads 0.31 and KGC reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FCX price has a different growth bar priced in than KGC (+21.1% implied for FCX vs -4.4% for KGC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What FCX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What KGC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FCX | KGC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.37 | $22.59 |
| Market cap | $84.3B | $27.5B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +21.1% | -4.4% |
| P/E | — | 11.5 |
| P/B | 2.67 | 3.17 |
| P/S | 3.19 | 3.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.5 | 5.9 |
| Revenue growth | +6.2% | +28.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.7% |
| Operating margin | 34.2% | 46.5% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 35.0% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | 28.4% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 19.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.0% | 29.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 9.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.39 | 2.35 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.64 | 5.40 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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