Kinross Gold Corporation

KGC

Gold · Basic Materials

Price

$22.57

-0.35 (-1.53%)

Market Cap

$26.95B

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is happy

A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Share count falling — buybacks

−3.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.27B (2021) → 1.22B (2025)

Kinross Gold Corporation is a Canadian mining company that digs gold and silver out of the ground and sells it on global commodity markets. Its main product is gold, which it sells to refiners, banks, and other buyers at market prices. Kinross is one of the larger gold producers in the world, operating a portfolio of mines across multiple continents.

The company makes money by selling the gold and silver it mines, with profits depending heavily on the market price of gold and how cheaply Kinross can extract it. It operates mines in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mauritania, and Chile, and generates several billion dollars in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from owning long-life mines with large reserves, but the biggest risk the business faces is that gold prices are set by global markets — a sharp drop in the gold price would directly shrink revenues and profits, no matter how well the company is managed.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+58.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+130.0% 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

0.5%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue accelerating

Kinross Gold Corporation grew revenue 59% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

57.8%

Premium pricing power — 57.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

55.1%

Excellent — 55.1% operating margin

ROCE

13.3%

Good — 13.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+42.7%

Fast-growing sales (42.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

+140.8%

Earnings growing fast (140.8% 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

151%

Turns 151% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

38.2%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (38.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.08

Conservative — low debt load (0.08)

Interest Cover

57.67x

Comfortably covers interest (57.7x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

9.6x

Attractive valuation — P/E 9.6

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+2.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.61%

Small dividend — 0.61% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+20.8%

Dividend growing fast (20.8% YoY)

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