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K92 Mining

KNTNF
84
Gold · Basic Materials
Price
$14.71
+0.33 (+2.30%)
Market Cap
$3.61B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
84
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Share count rising — dilution

+7.7% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 226.8M (2021) → 244.2M (2025)

K92 Mining is a gold mining company that operates a single underground mine called the Kainantu Gold Mine, located in Papua New Guinea. The mine produces gold, copper, and silver, which are sold to commodity buyers and refiners on global markets. K92 is one of the few publicly traded pure-play gold producers with operations solely in the Asia-Pacific region.

The company makes money by selling the metal it digs out of the ground, with revenue tied directly to gold prices and how much ore it can process. K92 has unusually high margins for a miner — its gross margin tops 72% — largely because Kainantu has high-grade ore deposits that keep production costs low. The company operates entirely from this one mine, which is both a strength (focused, low-cost production) and a risk, since any disruption to that single asset — whether from geology, weather, or political instability in Papua New Guinea — could significantly impact the entire business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+61.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+62.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.8%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$288M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Strong grower

K92 Mining is growing revenue at 61% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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Quality

Gross Margin
73.5%
Premium pricing power — 73.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
71.1%
Excellent — 71.1% operating margin
ROCE
17.7%
Strong — 17.7% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+57.2%
Fast-growing sales (57.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
+74.3%
Earnings growing fast (74.3% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
105%
Turns 105% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
15.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (15.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.05
Conservative — low debt load (0.05)
Interest Cover
215.81x
Comfortably covers interest (215.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+6.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (11.3 → 4.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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