Metals & Mining Analysts' Ratings & Estimates - Senior

Tuesday September 03, 2013 09:22

Senior Producers, Larger-Cap Near-Term Production

Aluminum   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Alcoa Inc AA 3.0 US$7.70 1070 $8,236 0.24 0.30 0.50 25.6 15.5 1.39 1.42 1.47 5.4 5.3 7.5 1.6%
Alumina Ltd AWC 3.4 US$0.90 2806 $2,534 (0.02) (0.00) 0.02 -- 54.0 0.02 0.03 0.05 27.2 19.8 -- --
Aluminum Corp China Ltd (ADR) ACH 3.6 CNY$2.05 3944 $1,322 (0.61) (0.35) (0.25) -- -- 0.08 0.29 0.22 7.0 9.4 30.4 --
Century Aluminum CENX 2.9 US$7.81 89 $692 (0.58) (0.64) 0.63 -- 12.4 0.42 0.45 -- 17.4 -- 46.4 --
United Company Rusal Ltd (HK) 486 2.8 US$0.29 15193 $4,427 0.02 0.02 0.05 15.5 5.8 0.07 (0.00) 0.05 -- 6.2 16.7 --
Average                 20.6 21.9       14.2 10.2 25.2  
Iron Ore                                   
Atlas Iron Ltd (AU) AGO 2.7 AUD$0.81 910 $655 -- -- 0.07 -- 11.6 -- -- 0.25 -- 3.3 3.1 3.7%
China Vanadium Titano Mag (HK) 893 2.0 HK$0.98 2075 $332 0.19 -- -- -- -- 0.33 -- -- -- -- 0.6 --  
Cliffs Natural Resources CLF 3.0 US$20.87 153 $3,196 3.50 2.54 1.25 8.2 16.7 3.61 6.06 6.11 3.4 3.4 6.6 2.9%
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AU) FMG 2.1 US$3.87 3114 $12,054 -- -- 0.85 -- 4.6 -- -- 1.17 -- 3.3 5.2 2.3%
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd (SA) KIO 2.9 ZAR$450.00 322 $14,065 37.91 46.76 42.35 9.6 10.6 58.21 61.07 52.59 7.4 8.6 5.2 7.2%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (CN) LIF 2.5 C$30.03 64 $1,833 1.55 2.23 2.68 13.4 11.2 0.80 1.78 2.39 16.9 12.6 -- 3.3%
MMX Mineracao E Metalicos (BZ) MMXM3 3.4 BRL$2.17 976 $904 (0.94) (0.26) (0.19) -- -- 0.52 0.03 0.10 62.7 20.7 28.4 --
Mount Gibson Iron Limited (AU) MGX 2.9 AUD$0.72 1091 $702 -- -- 0.09 -- 8.3 -- -- 0.13 -- 5.6 1.7 5.6%
Sesa Goa Ltd (IN) SESA 2.7 INR$188.75 869 $2,384 -- -- 31.47 -- 6.0 -- -- 9.32 -- 20.3 -- 0.1%
Average                 10.4 9.9       22.6 9.7 7.3  
 
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson Consensus Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0)  Source: Thomson One Analytics.
Base Metals & Diversified
Large Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Anglo American PLC (UK) AAL 2.6 US$22.95 1394 $31,993 2.24 1.77 2.11 12.9 10.9 4.34 5.07 5.43 4.5 4.2 5.5 4.1%
Antofagasta PLC (UK) ANTO 2.9 US$13.27 986 $13,085 1.40 0.86 0.84 15.4 15.9 2.86 1.90 1.96 7.0 6.8 5.0 1.8%
BHP Billiton Ltd (AU) BHP 2.2 US$31.96 3212 $102,647 -- -- 2.70 -- 11.8 -- -- 4.43 -- 7.2 4.5 3.4%
First Quantum Minerals (CN) FM 2.2 US$16.68 591 $9,857 1.17 0.92 1.23 18.2 13.6 0.72 1.98 2.32 8.4 7.2 9.0 1.0%
Freeport McMoran C&G FCX 2.1 US$30.22 1038 $31,365 3.22 2.44 3.11 12.4 9.7 3.96 6.08 7.23 5.0 4.2 6.8 4.1%
Glencore International PLC (UK) GLEN 2.0 US$4.74 13263 $62,841 0.44 0.30 0.39 15.8 12.0 0.63 0.75 0.80 6.3 5.9 7.9 3.3%
Grupo Mexico (MX) GMEXICOB 2.5 US$2.87 7805 $22,399 0.30 0.25 0.26 11.7 11.2 0.27 0.41 0.40 7.0 7.1 6.0 2.4%
KGHM Polska Miedz (PO) KGH 2.8 PLN$122.60 200 $7,634 24.06 15.08 13.15 8.1 9.3 27.64 24.97 21.53 4.9 5.7 -- 8.0%
MMC Norilsk Nickel (RU) GMKN 2.7 US$146.40 172 $25,204 13.70 12.56 15.87 11.7 9.2 21.68 15.34 18.73 9.5 7.8 10.4 8.3%
Rio Tinto PLC (UK) RIO 2.0 US$45.22 1413 $63,880 5.03 4.93 5.67 9.2 8.0 5.07 7.64 8.94 5.9 5.1 6.0 4.4%
Southern Copper Corp SCCO 2.7 US$27.50 842 $23,159 2.28 1.94 1.89 14.1 14.5 2.36 2.51 2.39 11.0 11.5 8.3 12.0%
Teck Cominco Ltd (CN) TCK/B 2.3 C$26.52 567 $14,339 2.60 1.63 2.00 16.3 13.2 4.77 4.21 4.52 6.3 5.9 6.7 3.4%
Vale SA (ADR) VALE 2.2 US$14.41 3186 $45,905 2.20 2.19 2.04 6.6 7.1 3.25 3.00 3.11 4.8 4.6 2.5 5.7%
Average                 12.7 11.3       6.7 6.4 6.5  
Mid Cap
                                 
Assore Ltd (SA) ASR 4.0 ZAR$392.00 140 $5,311 -- -- 33.76 -- 11.6 -- -- 46.01 -- 8.5 10.5 1.4%
Aurubis AG (GR) NDA 2.2 EUR$43.45 45 $2,605 4.33 3.48 4.36 12.5 10.0 -- 5.57 6.57 7.8 6.6 6.2 3.1%
Boliden AB (SW) BOL 3.4 SEK$96.75 274 $4,068 11.96 5.53 8.17 17.5 11.8 20.17 14.89 17.87 6.5 5.4 7.2 4.1%
Eramet (FR) ERA 2.9 EUR$69.99 27 $2,478 3.18 (0.38) 3.91 -- 17.9 8.41 11.00 14.28 6.4 4.9 6.6 2.8%
Eurasian Natural Resources (UK) ENRC 2.9 US$3.55 1288 $4,566 0.41 0.44 0.63 8.1 5.6 0.99 0.99 1.21 3.6 2.9 5.5 --
Exxaro  Resources Ltd (SA) EXX 2.4 ZAR$162.39 358 $5,643 13.97 14.57 16.75 11.1 9.7 1.53 14.75 20.49 11.0 7.9 20.7 2.4%
Hindustan Zinc (IN) HZ 1.7 INR$123.75 4225 $7,600 -- 16.85 16.51 7.3 7.5 -- -- 16.26 -- 7.6 -- 2.5%
Iluka Resources Ltd (AU) ILU 2.4 AUD$10.75 419 $4,024 0.87 0.25 0.82 43.2 13.1 0.60 0.47 1.36 22.9 7.9 12.9 1.4%
Jiangxi Copper Co "H" (HK) 358 2.9 CNY$11.79 1387 $2,673 1.49 0.93 0.97 12.7 12.1 1.51 1.01 1.38 11.7 8.5 47.2 4.2%
Kazakhmys PLC (UK) KAZ 3.5 US$4.68 524 $2,451 0.85 0.51 0.44 9.2 10.6 1.32 0.91 0.59 5.1 8.0 4.7 1.9%
Lundin Mining Corp (CN) LUN 2.1 US$4.14 584 $2,419 0.32 0.27 0.34 15.2 12.3 0.33 0.44 0.52 9.3 7.9 7.3 --
Sterlite Industries (ADR) SLT 2.3 INR$90.30 3361 $4,412 -- -- 18.62 -- 4.9 -- -- 27.96 -- 3.2 -- 2.5%
Sumitomo Metal Mining (JP) 5713 2.9 JPY$1,326 582 $7,900 -- -- 131.72 -- 10.1 -- -- 221.00 -- 6.0 6.8 2.6%
Vale Indonesia Tbk PT (ID) INCO 2.8 US$0.21 9936 $2,091 0.01 0.01 0.02 15.9 12.3 0.01 0.01 0.02 15.0 11.2 7.2 2.4%
Vedanta Resources PLC (UK) VED 2.8 US$18.04 266 $4,807 -- -- 1.55 -- 11.6 -- -- 15.39 -- 1.2 6.1 3.6%
Average                 15.3 10.7       9.9 6.5 11.5  
Small Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Capstone Mining Corp (CN) CS 1.9 US$2.10 379 $796 0.16 0.14 0.33 15.1 6.3 0.28 0.32 0.59 6.6 3.5 4.1 --
China Molybdenum Co Ltd (HK) 3993 2.8 CNY$2.39 1311 $512 0.21 0.20 0.23 11.8 10.5 -- 0.33 0.21 7.2 11.4 21.1 8.8%
CITIC Dameng Holdings Ltd (HK) 1091 2.0 HK$0.64 3025 $250 (0.13) (0.07) 0.05 -- 13.9 -- -- -- -- -- 16.6 --
Hudbay Minerals (CN) HBM 2.4 C$6.92 172 $1,136 0.21 0.04 0.28 NM 25.1 0.83 0.18 0.62 39.2 11.1 8.3 0.3%
Independence Group NL (AU) IGO 2.5 AUD$3.73 233 $778 -- -- 0.32 -- 11.6 -- -- 0.50 -- 7.5 8.8 0.5%
Mechel OAO (ADR) MTL 3.6 US$2.89 416 $1,203 0.06 (0.68) (0.17) -- -- (3.74) 1.06 0.89 2.7 3.2 9.9 --
Mitsui Mining & Smelting (JP) 5706 2.9 JPY$230 573 $1,350 -- -- 24.61 -- 9.3 -- -- 70.31 -- 3.3 7.0 1.3%
MMG Ltd (HK) 1208 2.3 US$0.23 5290 $1,194 0.04 0.04 0.04 5.8 5.3 0.12 0.18 0.16 1.3 1.4 2.7 --
Nyrstar NV (BE) NYR 3.4 EUR$3.53 170 $801 (0.34) (0.57) (0.15) -- -- 2.23 0.95 1.03 3.7 3.4 6.4 6.0%
Outokumpu (FN) OUT1V 3.5 EUR$0.46 2078 $1,265 (0.28) (0.23) (0.04) -- -- 0.23 (0.05) 0.17 -- 2.7 -- --
Oz Minerals (AU) OZL 2.9 AUD$4.23 303 $1,148 0.45 (0.14) 0.09 -- 46.2 1.04 0.56 0.97 7.6 4.4 6.0 7.1%
PanAust Ltd (AU) PNA 2.3 US$1.95 619 $1,207 0.24 0.14 0.16 13.5 12.3 0.33 0.48 0.35 4.0 5.5 5.2 3.2%
Philex Mining Corp (PH) PX 3.3 PHP$10.10 4933 $1,118 0.35 0.32 0.60 31.1 16.8 0.59 0.88 0.60 11.5 16.9 15.2 --
Sherritt International (CN) S 2.1 C$3.68 297 $1,044 0.28 0.16 0.50 23.5 7.3 0.91 1.00 1.51 3.7 2.4 7.1 4.7%
Taseko Mines Ltd TGB 2.1 C$2.15 193 $395 0.01 (0.00) 0.27 -- 7.9 0.27 0.23 0.50 9.2 4.3 12.1 --
Thompson Creek Metals TC 3.5 US$3.69 171 $633 (0.20) 0.16 0.45 23.6 8.2 (0.49) 0.53 0.93 7.0 4.0 12.2 --
Volcan Cia Ninera VOLABC1 1.8 US$0.49 2241 $1,100 0.06 0.03 0.05 14.9 10.8 -- -- -- -- -- 4.0 3.5%
Western Areas NL (AU) WSA 2.5 AUD$2.94 197 $517 -- -- 0.15 -- 20.0 -- -- 0.57 -- 5.1 6.3 0.7%
Average                 17.4 14.1       8.6 5.6 9.0  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson Consensus Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0)  Source: Thomson One Analytics.
Gold
Large Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd AU 2.8 US$13.37 384 $5,129 2.36 0.80 1.56 16.7 8.6 3.50 4.04 4.01 3.3 3.3 4.6 2.1%
Barrick Gold Corp ABX 2.6 US$19.15 1001 $19,172 3.82 2.61 2.29 7.3 8.4 5.43 4.00 4.05 4.8 4.7 5.8 1.0%
Buenaventura (ADR) BVN 3.1 US$12.63 275 $3,472 2.71 1.67 1.57 7.6 8.1 1.32 0.96 1.21 13.2 10.4 6.4 4.0%
Eldorado Gold Corp EGO 2.2 US$8.55 715 $6,114 0.47 0.34 0.34 25.1 24.8 0.43 0.59 0.61 14.4 14.1 11.0 1.1%
Goldcorp Inc GG 2.4 US$29.50 812 $23,957 2.03 0.91 1.34 32.3 22.1 2.52 2.09 2.68 14.1 11.0 14.1 --
Kinross Gold Corp KGC 2.6 US$5.50 1143 $6,284 0.77 0.31 0.29 17.5 18.7 1.14 0.97 0.96 5.7 5.7 6.3 --
Newcrest Mining Ltd (AU) NCM 3.4 AUD$13.26 767 $9,087 -- -- 0.59 -- 22.4 -- -- 1.26 -- 10.5 10.5 0.9%
Newmont Mining NEM 3.0 US$31.77 493 $15,657 3.71 1.97 1.91 16.1 16.6 4.79 4.34 4.73 7.3 6.7 8.9 3.1%
Randgold Resources (ADR) GOLD 1.6 US$78.02 92 $7,193 4.65 3.06 4.63 25.5 16.9 5.37 5.27 7.56 14.8 10.3 13.7 0.6%
Yamana Gold Inc AUY 2.3 US$11.38 753 $8,568 0.93 0.50 0.60 22.6 19.0 1.54 1.12 1.27 10.2 9.0 9.5 2.3%
Average                 19.0 16.5       9.8 8.6 9.1  
Mid Cap                                  
African Barrick Gold Ltd (UK) ABG 3.2 US$2.95 410 $1,210 0.26 0.17 0.16 17.6 18.9 0.63 0.46 0.69 6.4 4.3 4.1 5.0%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd AEM 2.9 US$30.05 173 $5,208 2.17 0.54 0.82 55.6 36.8 4.06 2.33 2.91 12.9 10.3 11.9 2.9%
Alamos Gold (CN) AGI 2.0 US$16.40 127 $2,088 1.02 0.63 0.44 26.1 36.9 1.53 1.02 0.83 16.2 19.7 9.0 1.2%
B2Gold Corp BTG 1.6 US$2.67 651 $1,739 0.20 0.15 0.16 17.5 16.5 0.27 0.26 0.31 10.2 8.7 9.6 --
Centerra Gold (CN) CG 2.2 US$6.34 236 $1,499 0.42 1.02 1.30 6.2 4.9 0.57 1.76 2.02 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.4%
Franco-Nevada (CN) FNV 2.4 US$45.74 147 $6,717 1.19 0.93 0.98 49.2 46.8 2.24 1.92 2.07 23.9 22.1 18.0 --
Gold Fields Ltd (ADR) GFI 3.0 US$5.15 742 $3,820 1.15 0.29 0.40 17.9 12.9 1.46 1.07 1.05 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.3%
Harmony Gold (ADR) HMY 2.3 US$3.62 435 $1,576 -- -- 0.56 -- 6.4 -- -- 1.09 -- 3.3 -- 3.2%
Hochschild Mining PLC (UK) HOC 3.2 US$4.06 338 $1,372 0.19 (0.06) 0.05 -- 80.7 0.75 0.47 0.64 8.7 6.3 8.1 0.8%
Iamgold Corp IAG 2.8 US$6.02 377 $2,267 0.84 0.38 0.41 16.0 14.5 1.17 0.87 1.02 6.9 5.9 5.2 4.2%
New Gold Inc NGD 2.2 US$6.77 502 $3,402 0.40 0.28 0.38 23.8 17.6 0.50 0.62 0.79 10.9 8.6 9.7 --
Osisko Mining Corp (CN) OSK 2.1 C$5.23 437 $2,180 0.21 0.22 0.28 23.4 18.7 0.64 0.59 0.62 8.9 8.4 15.0 --
Polymetal International PLC (UK) POLY 2.5 US$11.73 389 $4,568 1.09 0.79 0.97 14.8 12.1 1.30 1.13 1.31 10.4 8.9 1.5 --
Polyus Gold Co (RU) PLZL 3.0 US$27.00 191 $5,147 0.32 0.22 -- NM -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.0 7.0%
Royal Gold Inc RGLD 2.4 US$58.03 65 $3,748 -- 1.13 1.89 51.5 30.7 -- 2.99 3.73 19.4 15.5 13.1 1.4%
Zijin Mining Group (HK) 2899 3.2 CNY$1.54 6008 $1,511 0.24 0.13 0.12 12.3 13.4 0.25 0.24 0.26 6.4 5.9 8.6 6.5%
Average                 25.5 24.5       10.7 9.1 8.8  
Small Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Alacer Gold Corp (CN) ASR 2.8 US$3.09 287 $887 0.42 0.25 0.20 12.6 15.2 0.84 0.55 0.50 5.6 6.2 7.8 --
Allied Nevada Gold ANV 3.5 US$4.64 104 $482 0.52 0.30 0.59 15.4 7.8 (0.23) 0.66 1.02 7.0 4.6 36.5 --
AuRico Gold Inc  AUQ 2.6 US$4.30 247 $1,062 0.29 0.13 0.22 34.1 19.8 0.00 0.34 0.51 12.8 8.5 10.7 3.7%
Centamin Egypt (CN) CEE 2.7 US$0.68 1101 $746 0.18 0.17 0.14 3.9 4.8 0.20 0.21 0.20 3.2 3.4 -- --
Gold Resource Corp GORO 2.0 US$8.39 53 $447 0.60 0.25 0.85 33.6 9.9 0.55 -- -- -- -- -- --
Highland Gold Mining Ltd (UK) HGM 2.0 US$1.23 325 $401 0.38 0.20 0.21 6.3 5.9 0.40 0.29 0.42 4.2 3.0 2.5 --
Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd (AU) KCN 4.0 AUD$2.23 152 $304 -- -- 0.12 -- 18.0 -- -- 0.43 -- 5.2 4.6 6.7%
Kirkland Lake Gold (CN) KGI 2.3 C$4.51 70 $302 -- 0.05 0.53 88.4 8.5 -- 0.45 0.93 10.0 4.9 9.3 --
Lake Shore Gold (CN) LSG 2.9 C$0.52 417 $207 (0.02) (0.03) (0.01) -- -- 0.07 0.10 0.15 5.2 3.4 5.6 --
Medusa Mining Ltd (UK) MML 1.8 US$2.33 189 $440 -- -- 0.53 -- 4.4 -- -- 0.74 -- 3.2 5.2 --
Nord Gold NV (UK) NORD 2.8 US$2.00 378 $756 0.05 0.17 0.26 11.7 7.6 0.34 0.70 0.98 2.9 2.0 -- --
Petropavlovsk PLC (UK) POG 2.9 US$1.65 198 $325 0.54 0.01 (0.02) NM -- 1.45 1.52 1.13 1.1 1.5 4.2 7.1%
Real Gold  Mining Ltd (HK) 246 -- CNY$6.96 909 $1,033 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.9 --
Semafo (CN) SMF 2.1 US$2.11 273 $576 0.28 0.14 0.10 15.1 21.2 0.57 0.34 0.29 6.2 7.3 5.0 1.8%
Zhaojin Mining Industry Co Ltd (HK) 1818 3.0 CNY$5.80 874 $829 0.66 0.41 0.35 14.2 16.4 0.60 0.82 0.63 7.0 9.2 8.8 4.1%
Average                 23.5 11.6       5.9 4.8 8.7  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson One Analytics Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0)  Source: Thomson One Analytics.
Silver   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Alexco Resource Corp AXU 3.7 C$2.24 63 $134 0.01 (0.69) (0.21) -- -- 0.23 (0.04) 0.09 -- 26.2 -- --
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp CDE 3.1 US$14.44 102 $1,467 0.53 (0.62) (0.51) -- -- 3.03 1.61 1.58 9.0 9.1 6.3 --
Endeavour Silver Corp EXK 2.7 US$4.98 100 $497 0.42 0.16 0.14 31.7 36.7 0.79 0.54 0.53 9.2 9.4 7.9 --
First Majestic Silver Corp (CN) FR 1.8 US$14.23 117 $1,663 0.85 0.52 1.01 27.4 14.0 1.21 1.18 1.49 12.0 9.6 14.2 --
Fortuna Silver Mines (CN) FVI 2.3 US$4.17 125 $522 0.28 0.15 0.13 27.8 32.4 0.43 0.34 0.40 12.2 10.5 9.9 --
Fresnillo (UK) FRES 2.8 US$20.23 737 $14,906 0.91 0.56 0.61 35.8 33.3 1.03 0.95 1.01 21.4 20.0 14.7 2.7%
Great Panther Resources (CN) GPR 2.7 C$1.21 138 $159 0.06 (0.01) 0.01 -- NM 0.10 0.02 0.08 61.3 15.9 -- --
Hecla Mining Co HL 3.0 US$3.42 343 $1,172 0.11 (0.05) 0.07 -- 51.8 0.23 0.18 0.44 18.7 7.7 17.1 0.3%
Mandalay Resources (CN) MND 2.0 US$0.86 324 $278 0.13 0.07 0.09 12.9 9.5 0.16 0.15 0.17 5.9 5.0 0.0 3.1%
Pan American Silver PAAS 3.1 US$12.22 151 $1,850 1.25 0.33 0.49 37.5 25.0 1.36 1.02 1.15 12.0 10.6 6.7 4.1%
Silver Standard SSRI 3.0 US$8.43 81 $681 0.68 (0.49) (0.37) -- -- 0.07 0.43 0.30 19.6 28.2 6.7 --
Silver Wheaton SLW 1.9 US$26.35 355 $9,352 1.65 1.12 1.13 23.6 23.4 2.02 1.59 1.66 16.6 15.9 18.5 1.5%
Silvercorp SVM 2.0 US$3.70 171 $632 -- 0.09 0.11 43.5 35.2 -- -- 0.40 -- 9.2 5.9 2.6%
SilverCrest Mines (CN) SVL 1.9 US$2.12 109 $230 0.32 0.12 0.21 17.2 10.0 0.44 0.21 0.31 10.1 6.8 6.3 --
Tahoe Resources TAHO 1.9 US$17.93 146 $2,616 (0.62) (0.44) 1.14 -- 15.8 (0.61) (0.42) 1.28 -- 14.0 -- --
Average                 28.6 26.1       17.3 13.2 9.5  
Platinum Group Metals                                
African Rainbow Minerals (SA) ARI 1.8 ZAR$188.32 216 $3,940 -- 17.65 19.10 10.7 9.9 -- 24.02 28.83 7.8 6.5 -- 2.5%
Anglo Platinum Ltd (SA) AMS 2.9 ZAR$409.75 270 $10,723 (5.62) 6.48 13.97 63.3 29.3 7.24 19.26 34.96 21.3 11.7 14.9 --
Aquarius Platinum Ltd (UK) AQP 2.6 US$0.73 465 $339 -- (0.24) 0.06 -- 13.3 -- -- 0.15 -- 4.8 7.6 --
Impala Platinum (SA) IMP 2.9 ZAR$113.50 632 $6,963 -- -- 6.93 -- 16.4 -- -- 11.24 -- 10.1 11.9 0.8%
Lonmin PLC (UK) LMI 3.0 US$5.28 569 $3,009 -- 0.16 0.24 33.4 22.3 -- 0.34 0.52 15.6 10.1 10.9 --
North American Palladium PAL 3.1 US$1.10 197 $206 (0.04) (0.08) 0.02 -- 58.2 0.09 0.00 0.14 NM 8.1 -- --
Northam Platinum Ltd (SA) NHM 3.3 ZAR$41.70 383 $1,548 -- -- 2.02 -- 20.7 -- -- 3.23 -- 12.9 17.4 --
Stillwater Mining Co SWC 2.0 US$11.39 119 $1,357 0.46 0.30 0.60 38.0 18.9 0.79 1.02 1.52 11.2 7.5 10.7 --
Average                 36.3 23.6       14.0 9.0 12.2  
Fertilizers   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Agrium Inc AGU 2.4 US$85.78 148 $12,666 10.29 9.03 8.67 9.5 9.9 13.51 11.35 11.88 7.6 7.2 6.3 2.3%
Arab Potash Co (JR) APOT 4.0 JOD$36.00 83 $4,239 2.39 2.16 2.21 16.7 16.3 2.08 2.64 1.83 13.6 19.6 12.2 6.9%
CF Industries CF 2.5 US$190.34 57 $10,903 27.89 24.40 21.45 7.8 8.9 36.72 31.30 31.48 6.1 6.0 4.4 0.8%
Compass Minerals  CMP 3.3 US$73.73 33 $2,467 3.11 3.79 4.04 19.5 18.3 4.58 4.51 5.94 16.3 12.4 11.1 3.0%
Incitec Pivot Ltd (AU) IPL 2.5 AUD$2.59 1629 $3,771 -- 0.21 0.26 12.5 9.9 -- 0.31 0.39 8.4 6.7 8.3 4.8%
Intrepid Potash IPI 3.2 US$12.44 75 $938 1.17 0.48 0.35 26.2 35.3 2.49 1.25 1.39 10.0 8.9 8.5 --
Israel Chemical (IS) ICL 2.7 US$6.91 1273 $8,792 1.02 0.88 0.74 7.9 9.3 1.26 1.11 0.94 6.2 7.3 6.0 9.7%
K & S Aktiengesellschaft (GR) SDF 3.5 EUR$18.36 191 $4,688 2.83 2.37 1.42 7.7 12.9 4.15 3.84 2.89 4.8 6.4 4.1 7.6%
Mosaic Co MOS 2.6 US$41.65 426 $17,735 -- 3.84 3.53 10.9 11.8 -- 4.82 5.23 8.6 8.0 5.6 2.4%
Potash Corp POT 2.8 US$29.64 868 $25,719 2.71 2.47 2.35 12.0 12.6 3.68 3.61 3.25 8.2 9.1 7.6 4.7%
Sociedad Quimica Minera (ADR) SQM 3.1 US$25.91 120 $3,119 2.47 2.00 1.79 13.0 14.5 2.47 3.56 2.40 7.3 10.8 6.4 4.8%
Uralkaliy (RU) URKA 2.7 US$4.65 2936 $13,652 -- 0.60 0.59 7.8 7.9 -- -- -- -- -- 4.0 5.6%
Yara International ASA (NO) YAR 2.4 NOK$242.00 279 $11,147 35.52 29.58 29.44 8.2 8.2 46.79 37.29 36.74 6.5 6.6 5.1 5.4%
Average                 12.3 13.5       8.6 9.1 6.9  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson One Analytics Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0)  Source: Thomson One Analytics.
Uranium   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Cameco Corp CCJ 1.9 C$20.05 395 $7,563 1.13 0.87 1.22 23.1 16.5 1.63 1.49 1.94 13.4 10.4 13.9 2.0%
Denison Mines DNN 2.3 US$1.14 450 $515 0.07 (0.04) (0.03) -- -- (0.02) (0.04) (0.02) -- -- -- --
Energy Resources Australia (AU) ERA 2.9 AUD$1.37 518 $634 (0.29) (0.22) (0.19) -- -- (0.01) 0.04 0.19 38.1 7.1 -- --
Paladin Resources Ltd (AU) PDN 3.1 US$0.50 963 $482 -- 0.26 0.08 1.9 6.3 -- -- 0.14 -- 3.6 16.8 --
Uranium One (CN) UUU 2.5 US$2.64 957 $2,529 0.07 0.11 0.17 23.6 15.7 0.19 0.24 0.32 10.9 8.3 7.6 --
Uranium Participation Corp (CN) U 1.4 C$4.86 106 $493 -- -- 1.90 -- 2.6 -- -- (0.03) -- -- -- --
USEC Inc USU -- US$16.46 5 $81 (246.00) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Average                 16.2 10.3       20.8 7.3 12.8  
Coal
Large - Mid Cap   Price Shrs O/S Mkt Cap Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Cash Flow Per Share  Price/Cash Flow EV/EBITDA Div Yld
Symbol Rating 30-Aug-13 (MM) (US$MM) 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2012 2013E 2014E 2013E 2014E 2013E %
Adaro Energy TBK (ID) ADRO 2.9 US$0.09 31986 $2,722 0.01 0.01 0.01 7.8 7.7 0.01 0.02 0.02 4.6 5.2 5.6 4.3%
Alpha Natural Resources ANR 2.8 US$6.08 221 $1,343 (0.94) (2.50) (2.15) -- -- 2.35 1.06 1.82 5.8 3.3 14.9 --
Arch Coal ACI 2.7 US$4.47 212 $949 (0.09) (1.27) (1.06) -- -- 1.57 0.98 1.09 4.6 4.1 12.6 2.7%
Banpu Public Co Ltd (TH) BANPU 2.9 THB$276.00 272 $2,332 25.08 21.57 25.55 12.8 10.8 28.10 51.42 55.54 5.4 5.0 8.7 6.5%
Bayan Resources Group (ID) BYAN -- IDR$7,400 3333 $2,257 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.0 --
China Coal Energy Co (HK) 1898 2.9 CNY$3.61 4107 $2,420 0.67 0.44 0.45 8.2 8.1 0.82 0.91 1.09 4.0 3.3 7.2 5.8%
China Shenhua Energy Co (HK) 1088 2.2 HK$19.02 3399 $10,561 2.46 2.26 2.26 8.4 8.4 3.47 3.39 3.57 5.6 5.3 4.6 5.0%
Consol Energy CNX 1.8 US$31.23 229 $7,147 1.11 0.39 1.49 80.3 20.9 3.18 3.68 4.73 8.5 6.6 10.1 1.6%
Neyveli Lignite Corp (IN) NLC 2.0 INR$54.75 1678 $1,335 -- -- 9.30 -- 5.9 -- -- 12.46 -- 4.4 5.7 5.1%
New Hope Corp Ltd (AU) NHC 2.1 AUD$4.30 831 $3,193 -- 0.13 0.16 32.1 26.7 -- 0.29 0.28 15.0 15.3 14.3 2.6%
Peabody Energy BTU 2.3 US$17.20 270 $4,641 2.05 0.15 0.66 NM 26.2 5.97 2.83 3.75 6.1 4.6 9.4 2.0%
PT Bumi Resources (ID) BUMI 3.8 US$0.04 20773 $779 (0.03) (0.01) (0.00) -- -- 0.01 0.01 0.02 3.0 2.4 7.3 --
PT Tambang Batubara Bukit (ID) PTBA 2.5 IDR$12,100 2304 $2,551 1262.00 929.78 1031.96 13.0 11.7 962.92 1067.94 1155.26 11.3 10.5 8.1 6.0%
Walter Energy WLT 2.7 US$12.94 63 $810 0.49 (2.88) (1.13) -- -- 5.28 2.49 4.31 5.2 3.0 20.3 0.3%
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd (HK) 1171 3.7 CNY$5.44 1958 $1,742 0.87 0.20 0.40 27.5 13.6 1.32 0.77 1.48 7.1 3.7 10.9 6.6%
Average                 23.7 14.0       6.6 5.5 10.6  
 
Small Cap                                  
Borneo Lumbung Energi & Mtl (ID) BORN 3.0 IDR$200 17693 $324 1.28 68.47 50.14 2.9 4.0 -- 113.32 130.52 1.8 1.5 4.9 --
China Qinfa Group Ltd (HK) 866 3.5 CNY$0.49 2078 $166 0.16 0.09 0.14 5.2 3.5 (0.33) -- -- -- -- 6.8 8.1%
Cloud Peak Energy CLD 2.6 US$15.74 61 $958 2.15 0.74 0.91 21.3 17.3 4.06 2.65 3.22 6.0 4.9 6.2 --
Fushan Int'l Energy Group (HK) 639 2.9 HK$2.60 5302 $1,777 0.34 0.22 0.22 11.7 11.6 0.25 0.48 0.35 5.4 7.5 -- 5.8%
James River Coal Co JRCC 3.1 US$2.12 36 $76 (3.96) (4.75) (4.13) -- -- 0.93 (0.54) (1.10) -- -- -- --
New World Resources (UK) NWRN 3.8 EUR$0.80 265 $281 (0.02) (0.86) (0.46) -- -- 0.29 (0.18) 0.06 -- 13.3 -- --
Sakari Resources Ltd (SP) SAR -- US$1.45 1137 $1,646 0.09 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.1 5.4%
SouthGobi Energy Res (CN) SGQ 2.5 US$1.17 182 $214 (0.23) (0.22) (0.08) -- -- (0.12) (0.20) (0.05) -- -- -- --
Average                 10.3 9.1       4.4 6.8 6.3  
Limited Partnership                                  
Alliance Resource Partners LP ARLP 2.1 US$75.28 37 $2,783 6.12 7.34 7.12 10.3 10.6 15.08 12.82 12.41 5.9 6.1 4.9 6.1%
Natural Resource Partners LP NRP 2.1 US$19.61 110 $2,153 2.00 1.54 1.71 12.8 11.4 2.56 2.52 2.36 7.8 8.3 10.8 11.2%
Oxford Resource Partners LP OXF 3.3 US$2.31 21 $48 (0.83) (0.99) (1.18) -- -- -- 0.57 0.58 4.1 4.0 4.1 --
Penn Virginia Resource Prtns LP PVR 2.5 US$23.21 96 $2,222 0.38 0.31 0.66 75.3 35.0 1.68 1.89 2.20 12.3 10.5 -- 9.5%
Rhino Resources Inc RNO 2.7 US$12.64 28 $350 1.42 0.38 0.20 33.3 62.2 5.20 1.62 1.40 7.8 9.0 5.6 14.1%
Average                 32.9 29.8       7.6 7.6 6.3  
Note:  Currency shown is that used by the company for financial reporting.  Currency does not always reflect the country/market in which the company/stock symbol trades.  GAAP may differ between stocks due to countries and markets.
The tables are compiled from the Thomson One Analytics database of consensus Ratings & Estimates of equity analysts. The historicals and estimates of earnings and cash flows exclude non-operating, special items.
Thomson One Analytics Rating System: Buy (1.0), Buy/Hold (2.0), Hold (3.0), Sell/Hold (4.0), Sell (5.0)  Source: Thomson One Analytics.
Recent and Forecast Commodity Prices
Cash Price (30-Aug-13) 2010 2011 2012 2013E 2014E Q1/12 Q2/12 Q3/12 Q4/12 Q1/13 Q2/13 Q3/13E Q4/13E Q1/14E Q2/14E Q3/14E Q4/14E
Aluminum ($0.81 / lb) $0.99 $1.09 $0.92 $0.89 $0.93 $0.99 $0.94 $0.92 $0.91 $0.91 $0.83 $0.86 $0.87 $0.90 $0.86 $0.88 $0.93
Copper ($3.22 / lb) $3.43 $4.00 $3.61 $3.41 $3.38 $3.77 $3.68 $3.62 $3.59 $3.59 $3.25 $3.32 $3.36 $3.32 $3.39 $3.37 $3.43
Lead ($0.98 / lb) $0.97 $1.09 $0.94 $0.97 $0.99 $0.95 $0.92 $0.91 $1.00 $1.04 $0.93 $0.96 $0.96 $1.01 $0.99 $1.00 $1.02
Nickel ($6.24 / lb) $9.91 $10.38 $7.95 $7.32 $7.64 $8.90 $8.34 $8.02 $7.70 $7.85 $6.80 $7.15 $7.26 $7.19 $7.24 $7.40 $7.37
Zinc ($0.85 / lb) $0.98 $1.00 $0.88 $0.90 $0.96 $0.92 $0.90 $0.88 $0.88 $0.92 $0.84 $0.89 $0.90 $0.94 $0.94 $0.98 $1.01
Gold ($1397 / oz) $1,226 $1,571 $1,668 $1,470 $1,437 $1,689 $1,652 $1,653 $1,718 $1,632 $1,417 $1,364 $1,376 $1,371 $1,409 $1,409 $1,424
Palladium ($722 / oz) $528 $733 $643 $730 $784 $681 $655 $640 $652 $739 $713 $712 $736 $775 $795 $810 $820
Platinum ($1521 / oz) $1,611 $1,719 $1,549 $1,598 $1,661 $1,600 $1,554 $1,536 $1,598 $1,632 $1,467 $1,517 $1,565 $1,675 $1,767 $1,783 $1,800
Silver ($23.53 / oz) $20.24 $35.29 $31.13 $26.03 $25.14 $32.53 $31.06 $30.68 $32.58 $30.07 $23.18 $22.88 $23.20 $22.19 $23.76 $23.80 $24.19
Uranium ($35.00 / lb) $45.97 $56.32 $48.97 $46.76 $58.20 $51.91 $51.62 $50.81 $43.42 $42.84 $40.72 $42.25 $46.13 $47.50 $50.00 $50.00 $50.00
Base metal prices are LME cash prices quoted in US$ per lb.  Precious metal prices are London spot prices quoted in US$ per oz.          Sources: Thomson One Analytics, LME, Kitco.

Bill Matlack is associated with Scarsdale Equities LLC, a registered broker/dealer and member FINRA, SIPC.

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