B vs EQX vs PPTA Stock Comparison

Barrick Mining, Equinox Gold and Perpetua Resources Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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B Barrick Mining Corp
$38.66 -6.3% 1M +20.6% 1Y
Market cap
$62.61B
P/E
9.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.66B
Div. yield
0.01%
Gold Basic Materials
8 wins
EQX Equinox Gold Corp.
$10.18 -10.6% 1M -6.7% 1Y
Market cap
$6.06B
P/E
12.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.41B
Div. yield
–
Gold Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Barrick Mining leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Barrick Mining 8, Equinox Gold 2, Perpetua Resources 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBEQXPPTALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.61B $6.06B $2.07B B
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 9.6x 12.3x -8.9x B
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.3x 10.2x — EQX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +49.4% +98.8% — EQX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 31.6% 20.5% — B
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.8% 9.9% — B
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.1x — B
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +20.6% -6.7% -23.2% B
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.1%/yr +6.5%/yr +30.6%/yr PPTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.9% 62.5% 73.2% B
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 79/100 71/100 30/100 B

Percentile Scorecard

BEQXPPTA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBEQXPPTA
Valuation 86 #23 of 163 79 #35 of 163 16 #137 of 163
Growth 91 #14 of 148 100 #1 of 148 1 #147 of 148
Profitability 93 #9 of 123 71 #36 of 123 23 #95 of 123
Financial Health 52 #79 of 164 63 #61 of 164 93 #13 of 164
Shareholder Returns 71 #32 of 108 42 #63 of 108 16 #91 of 108
Overall 79 71 30
  • B ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • EQX ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • PPTA ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBEQXPPTASPY
1 month -6.3%-10.6%-16.1% +0.7%
3 months +2.6%+8.0%-4.5% +3.7%
6 months -1.7%-27.1%-34.6% +7.1%
Year to date -11.2%-27.5%-25.4% +12.8%
1 year +20.6%-6.7%-23.2% +11.9%
3 years +140.0%+126.7%+422.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +33.9%+31.4%+73.5% +22.8%
5 years +110.5%+37.0%+279.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year +16.1%+6.5%+30.6% +10.9%
10 years +126.3%+35.9%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.5%+3.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBEQXPPTASPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.9%62.5%73.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.3%64.8%74.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.802.113.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.44-0.11-0.32 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.8%-71.6%-70.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.0%-45.7%-51.5% -1.2%
52-week high $52.98$18.76$37.22 $779.14
52-week low $31.67$8.61$16.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBEQXPPTA
P/E now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 13.2x 13.0xmedian 13.2x -9.7xmedian 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 3.1x 3.3xmedian 3.1x —median 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 7.2x 6.5xmedian 7.2x -6.4xmedian 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 15.2x —median 15.2x -10.6xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 0.30 0.09median 0.30 0.16median 0.30

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBEQXPPTA
Revenue $20.66B $2.41B –
Gross profit $11.56B – –
Operating income $10.94B $740.90M -$264.40M
Net income $9.49B $1.74B -$232.33M
Free cash flow $11.25B – -$213.26M
R&D $481.00M $25.27M $254.25M
EPS (diluted) $3.82 $0.78 $-1.86
Cash & equivalents $5.93B $317.78M $574.25M
Total debt $18.98B $553.95M –
Shares (diluted) 1.71B 630.31M 125.09M
Enterprise value $37.81B $4.02B -$331.09M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBEQXPPTA
P/E 10.1x 13.0x -9.7x
P/FCF 5.8x – -10.6x
P/Operating cash flow 6.9x – -12.5x
P/S 3.1x 3.3x –
P/B 2.4x 1.3x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 1.3x 3.1x
EV/EBITDA 4.9x 6.5x -6.4x
EV/EBIT 5.8x 10.9x -6.4x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 3.3x –
EV/FCF 5.6x – -7.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.8x – -9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 0.09 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBEQXPPTA
Revenue growth (1Y) 49.4% 98.8% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 24.2% 33.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 89.0% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 56.9% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 111.0% 363.9% -351.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 62.3% 256.1% -93.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 137.0% 638.7% -951.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 196.2% 385.5% -101.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 142.2% 372.4% -542.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 332.2% 149.9% -60.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 84.0% – -436.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 43.8% – -103.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 69.3% – -493.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.2% – -113.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBEQXPPTA
Gross margin 56.0% – –
EBITDA margin 63.2% 51.5% –
Operating margin 53.0% 30.7% –
Pretax margin 58.9% 26.8% –
Net margin 31.6% 20.5% –
FCF margin 54.4% – –
Operating cash flow margin 45.5% – –
Return on equity 29.6% 16.3% -31.1%
Return on assets 18.1% 9.7% -29.4%
Return on invested capital 24.8% 9.9% –
Return on capital employed 22.2% – -34.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.4x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x – 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBEQXPPTA
Debt / assets 8.9% 5.7% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.1x –
Debt / FCF 0.4x – –
Liabilities / assets 47.8% 35.0% 6.9%
Equity / assets 52.2% 65.0% 93.1%
Interest coverage 63.6x 21.9x –
Current ratio 3.0x – 12.3x
Quick ratio 2.1x – 11.9x
Cash ratio 1.9x – 11.8x
Altman Z-score 2.80 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBEQXPPTA
Dividend yield 2.4% 0.4% –
Net buyback yield 0.2% – -19.1%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 0.4% -19.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 8.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 7.2% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -7.5% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -0.1% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBEQXPPTA
Forward P/E 10.3xFY2026 10.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.75FY2026 $1.00FY2026 $-1.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +55.6%FY2026 +49.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +14.4% +31.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $20.23BFY2026 $4.20BFY2026 $0.00FY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.7%FY2026 +130.7%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +24.8% +32.3% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBEQXPPTA
Held by institutions 0.0% 70.9% 67.2%
Institutions holding 1 328 255
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.5% -1.6%
Institutions buying 1 185 128
Institutions selling 0 88 79
Buyers to sellers – 2.10 1.62

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BEQXPPTA
B 1.00 0.84 0.79
EQX 0.84 1.00 0.79
PPTA 0.79 0.79 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, B, EQX and PPTA?

Barrick Mining (B) is the largest by market capitalisation: Barrick Mining (B) $62.61B, Equinox Gold (EQX) $6.06B, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) $2.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, B, EQX and PPTA?

Barrick Mining (B) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Barrick Mining (B) 9.6x, Equinox Gold (EQX) 12.3x, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) -8.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Equinox Gold (EQX) is cheapest (Barrick Mining (B) 10.3x, Equinox Gold (EQX) 10.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Equinox Gold (EQX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Barrick Mining (B) +49.4%, Equinox Gold (EQX) +98.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Barrick Mining (B) has the highest net margin (Barrick Mining (B) 31.6%, Equinox Gold (EQX) 20.5%). On return on invested capital, Barrick Mining (B) leads (Barrick Mining (B) 24.8%, Equinox Gold (EQX) 9.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Barrick Mining (B) returned the most: Barrick Mining (B) +20.6%, Equinox Gold (EQX) -6.7%, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) -23.2%. Over five years, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) compounded fastest (Barrick Mining (B) +16.1%/yr, Equinox Gold (EQX) +6.5%/yr, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) +30.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Barrick Mining (B) 0.01%, Equinox Gold (EQX) 0.00%, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) 0.00%. Equinox Gold (EQX) and Perpetua Resources (PPTA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Barrick Mining (B) has been the steadiest (Barrick Mining (B) 46.9%, Equinox Gold (EQX) 62.5%, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) 73.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, B, EQX and PPTA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Barrick Mining (B) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.