Ariana Resources plc engages in acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resources in Turkey. The company also explores for silver, copper, and molybdenum deposits. Its projects include the Kiziltepe Gold-Silver mine and Tavsan gold project located in western Turkey; and Salinbas gold project located in north-eastern Turkey.
Ariana Resources Fundamentals Summary
How do Ariana Resources's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
Is AAU undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
2/6
Valuation Score 2/6
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Analyst Forecast
Key Valuation Metric
Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AAU?
Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.
The above table shows the n/a ratio for AAU. This is calculated by dividing AAU's market cap by their current
preferred multiple.
What is AAU's n/a Ratio?
n/a Ratio
0x
n/a
n/a
Market Cap
UK£37.71m
AAU key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AAU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the UK Metals and Mining industry average (6.4x)
Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio
What is AAU's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.
AAU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio
9.8x
Fair PE Ratio
n/a
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AAU's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.
Share Price vs Fair Value
What is the Fair Price of AAU when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.
Below Fair Value: AAU (£0.03) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£0.16)
Significantly Below Fair Value: AAU is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Analyst Price Targets
What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?
Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.
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Future Growth
How is Ariana Resources forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 1 analyst?
Future Growth Score
2/6
Future Growth Score 2/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
45.7%
Forecasted annual revenue growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's forecast earnings growth is above the savings rate (0.9%).
Earnings vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's earnings are forecast to grow faster than the UK market
High Growth Earnings: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: AAU's revenue (45.7% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the UK market (4.1% per year).
High Growth Revenue: AAU's revenue (45.7% per year) is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
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Past Performance
How has Ariana Resources performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
0/6
Past Performance Score 0/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
-3.6%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: AAU has a high level of non-cash earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's profit margins have improved over the past year.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: AAU's earnings have declined by 3.6% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: AAU's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: AAU had negative earnings growth (-19%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Metals and Mining industry average (19.7%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: AAU's Return on Equity (13.5%) is considered low.
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Financial Health
How is Ariana Resources's financial position?
Financial Health Score
6/6
Financial Health Score 6/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: AAU's short term assets (£17.5M) exceed its short term liabilities (£2.1M).
Long Term Liabilities: AAU has no long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: AAU is debt free.
Reducing Debt: AAU has not had any debt for past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: AAU has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: AAU has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Ariana Resources's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
0/6
Dividend Score 0/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Cash Flow Coverage
Upcoming Dividend Payment
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate AAU's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate AAU's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if AAU's dividend payments have been increasing.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as AAU has not reported any payouts.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
5.1yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Ahmet Sener (46 yo)
17.33yrs
Tenure
UK£248,000
Compensation
Dr. Ahmet Kerim Sener, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., DIC, Ph D., has been Managing Director and Executive Director at Ariana Resources plc since April 2005. He served as Non-Executive Chairman and Director of Pant...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Ahmet's total compensation ($USD298.71K) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD336.69K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Ahmet's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: AAU's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.1 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: AAU's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.6 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 5.4%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Ariana Resources plc's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2022/08/07 00:00
End of Day Share Price
2022/08/05 00:00
Earnings
2021/12/31
Annual Earnings
2021/12/31
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.