Company Overview
Gold Resource Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and production of gold and silver projects within the United States, while also investigating potential deposits of copper, lead, and zinc. Operating within the Basic Materials sector and the Other Precious Metals & Mining industry, the firm focuses on extracting valuable minerals essential for industrial and investment applications. The company maintains a workforce of 497 employees and holds a market capitalization of $184.52M alongside an annual revenue of $99.76M. These financial figures indicate that the company operates as a mid-sized entity within the broader precious metals landscape, possessing sufficient scale to sustain multiple exploration and production initiatives simultaneously.
Financial Health
The company reported a total revenue of $99.76M for the trailing twelve months, yet recorded a net income of $-6,459,000, creating a significant gap that reveals a substantial cost structure burden or non-operating expenses impacting profitability. Despite this net loss, the company generated an EBITDA of $29.19M, suggesting that core operational cash generation remains positive before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. However, the free cash flow stands at $-14,059,125, indicating that capital expenditures or working capital requirements are currently exceeding operational cash inflows, which limits immediate financial flexibility for large-scale expansion without external financing. The gross margin is reported at 38.1%, while the operating margin reaches 48.5%, demonstrating efficient cost management relative to sales before the impact of net losses driven by other factors. Conversely, the profit margin is negative at -6.5%, confirming that the company is currently unprofitable on a bottom-line basis. On the balance sheet, the company holds $25.01M in cash against $49,000 in debt, resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, which characterizes a highly conservative and low-leveraged financial position. The current ratio is 2.85, indicating a robust ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets. Return on Equity is -18.1% and Return on Assets is 6.4%, revealing that while the asset base is generating value, the equity holders are currently facing dilution or losses due to the negative net income position.
Valuation Assessment
The trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is listed as N/A due to negative earnings, whereas the forward P/E is 28.50, implying that the market expects future earnings growth to eventually turn positive to justify the current share price. The price-to-book ratio stands at 4.19, indicating that the market values the company at a significant premium over its tangible book value, likely reflecting the unrecorded value of mineral reserves or high growth expectations. Alternative valuation metrics show a price-to-sales ratio of 1.85 and an EV/EBITDA of 5.47, suggesting that the company is valued relatively conservatively on an enterprise basis compared to its strong operating cash flow generation. The 52-week high is $1.87 and the 52-week low is $0.34, meaning the current price sits somewhere within this wide volatility range, reflecting the speculative nature of junior mining equities. The beta is 0.85, indicating that the stock price exhibits lower volatility relative to the broader market, moving with slightly less intensity than the overall equity benchmark.
Growth & Income
The company experienced a revenue growth rate of 295.5% year-over-year, while earnings growth is listed as N/A due to the current negative net income status, implying that top-line expansion is outpacing profitability improvements at this stage. The dividend yield is N/A and the payout ratio is 0.0%, indicating that the company does not distribute dividends to shareholders. Instead of paying out income, the firm reinvests all available earnings and cash reserves back into exploration, development, and production activities to drive future growth. This profile highlights a classic growth-stage mining company that prioritizes asset expansion and reserve growth over current income distribution to shareholders.