KINROSS GOLD CORP vs RIO TINTO PLC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KGC and RIO diverge most: on revenue growth, KGC reads +28.5% and RIO reads -2.4%; on return on assets, KGC reads 19.9% and RIO reads 8.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KGC price has a different growth bar priced in than RIO (-0.9% implied for KGC vs -2.3% for RIO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What RIO'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 | KGC | RIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.13 | $99.89 |
| Market cap | $35.5B | $162.2B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.9% | -2.3% |
| P/E | 14.9 | 16.3 |
| P/B | 4.09 | 2.42 |
| P/S | 5.04 | 2.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.7 | 10.3 |
| Revenue growth | +28.5% | -2.4% |
| Gross margin | 52.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 46.5% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | 35.0% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 28.4% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 19.9% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 29.1% | 15.7% |
| FCF yield | 7.2% | 10.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.35 | 1.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.69 | 3.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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