Critical Review: Jaguar Mining (OTCMKTS:JAGGD) & Centamin (OTCMKTS:CELTF)

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Jaguar Mining and Centamin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jaguar Mining	$97.23 million	1.30	-$150,000.00	$0.50	3.49
Centamin	$891.26 million	2.45	$92.28 million	N/A	N/A

Centamin has higher revenue and earnings than Jaguar Mining.

Profitability

This table compares Jaguar Mining and Centamin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jaguar Mining	28.17%	26.75%	17.80%
Centamin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Jaguar Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Centamin pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Jaguar Mining pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

Jaguar Mining has a beta of 2.75, indicating that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centamin has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Jaguar Mining beats Centamin on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jaguar Mining

Jaguar Mining, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold producing properties in Brazil. Its mining operations include Turmalina, Paciência and Caeté. The firm is also developing the Grurupi Project and exploring the Iron Quadrangle and Pedra Branca Project. The company was founded by Daniel R. Titcomb in 1984 and is headquartered Toronto, Canada.

About Centamin

Centamin plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, mining, and development of gold and precious metals in Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Jersey, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Its principal asset is the Sukari Gold Mine project, which covers an area of approximately 160 square kilometers located in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Saint Helier, Jersey.