Atalaya Mining Plc (LON:ATYM): The Best Of Both Worlds

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Atalaya Mining Plc (LON:ATYM) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In the case of ATYM, it is a financially-sound company with a excellent future outlook, not yet reflected in the share price. Below, I've touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Atalaya Mining here.

Very undervalued with high growth potential

ATYM is an attractive stock for growth-seeking investors, with an expected earnings growth of 26% in the upcoming year. The optimistic bottom-line growth is supported by an outstanding revenue growth of 80% over the same time period, which indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. ATYM's share price is trading at below its true value, meaning that the market sentiment for the stock is currently bearish. According to my intrinsic value of the stock, which is driven by analyst consensus forecast of ATYM's earnings, investors now have the opportunity to buy into the stock to reap capital gains. Compared to the rest of the materials industry, ATYM is also trading below its peers, relative to earnings generated. This further reaffirms that ATYM is potentially undervalued.

AIM:ATYM Past and Future Earnings, September 5th 2019

Looking at ATYM's capital structure, the company has no debt on its balance sheet. This implies that the company is running its operations purely on off equity funding. which is typically normal for a small-cap company. Therefore the company has plenty of headroom to grow, and the ability to raise debt should it need to in the future.

AIM:ATYM Historical Debt, September 5th 2019

Next Steps:

For Atalaya Mining, I've put together three key factors you should further examine:

  1. Historical Performance: What has ATYM's returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
  2. Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does ATYM return gains to shareholders through reinvesting in itself and growing earnings, or redistribute a decent portion of earnings as dividends? Our historical dividend yield visualization quickly tells you what your can expect from ATYM as an investment.
  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of ATYM? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

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