Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) & Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) Head to Head Survey

Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) and Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Aura Minerals and Barrick Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aura Minerals	0	3	4	0	2.57
Barrick Mining	0	4	15	1	2.85

Aura Minerals currently has a consensus price target of $86.95, suggesting a potential downside of 4.72%. Barrick Mining has a consensus price target of $53.39, suggesting a potential upside of 30.05%. Given Barrick Mining’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barrick Mining is more favorable than Aura Minerals.

Volatility & Risk

Aura Minerals has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrick Mining has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.8% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Barrick Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Aura Minerals and Barrick Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aura Minerals	23.18%	103.62%	21.84%
Barrick Mining	31.60%	16.02%	11.22%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aura Minerals and Barrick Mining”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aura Minerals	$1.29 billion	5.94	-$79.34 million	$3.54	25.78
Barrick Mining	$16.96 billion	3.96	$4.99 billion	$3.88	10.58

Barrick Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Aura Minerals. Barrick Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aura Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Aura Minerals pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Barrick Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Aura Minerals pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barrick Mining pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Barrick Mining beats Aura Minerals on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aura Minerals

We are an Americas gold and copper production company with a significant portfolio of mining operations. Our mission is to deliver long-term value by unlocking operational efficiencies, responsibly growing our portfolio with a focus on return on invested capital, responsible mining practices and a commitment to sustainability. We operate with a decentralized culture, supported by a lean corporate team that ensures agile and dynamic management and decision-making processes, focused on high operational sustainability compliance standards. We believe that our success as a gold and copper mining company is the result of a combination of strategic acquisitions, mine expansions and development and efficiency improvements. Backed by a traditional Brazilian family of seasoned gold-focused entrepreneurs and mine developers, as well as a new management team, we have undergone a significant transformation since 2016, enhancing our profitability, replenishing resources and even extending the life-of-mine (LOM) across our operating assets, while also facilitating inorganic expansion — consistently guided by a disciplined commitment to value creation and sustainable growth. We have a track record of expanding and building new mines on-time and on-budget, with ramp-up capabilities, consistent cash flow generation and dividend payments while delivering an attractive return on investment. Our disciplined cost management ensures efficiency in reserve development while we strive to serve as the benchmark for operational security and excellence in project development. Strategically, we prioritize high-IRR (Internal Rate of Return) growth opportunities, balancing capital appreciation with reliable dividend distributions. We currently operate four wholly-owned operating mines and one mine in ramp-up phase. Our operating mines are the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico, the Apoena and Almas gold mines in Brazil and the Minosa gold mine in Honduras. Additionally, we own and operate the Borborema gold mine in Brazil, which is currently in its ramp-up phase and is expected to achieve commercial production by the third quarter of 2025. In addition to our operating mines, our main development projects are the Era Dorada gold project in Guatemala and the Matupá gold project in Brazil. We have significant exploration potential, owning over 563,558 hectares of mineral rights, and we are currently advancing multiple near-mine and regional targets along with the Carajás (Serra da Estrela) copper project in the prolific Carajás region of Brazil. Our registered office is located the British Virgin Islands.

About Barrick Mining

Barrick Gold Corporation is a sector-leading gold and copper producer.  Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX.
 
In January 2019 Barrick merged with Randgold Resources and in July that year it combined its gold mines in Nevada, USA, with those of Newmont Corporation in a joint venture, Nevada Gold Mines, which is majority-owned and operated by Barrick. Nevada Gold Mines is the world’s largest gold mining complex.  Barrick owns and operates six Tier One gold mines:  Cortez, Carlin and Turquoise Ridge in Nevada, Loulo-Gounkoto in Mali, Kibali in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic.
 
It has gold and copper mines and projects in 13 countries in North and South America, Africa, Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia. Barrick’s diversified portfolio spans the world’s most prolific gold districts and is focused on high-margin, long life assets.