BVN vs EGO vs KGC Stock Comparison

Buenaventura Mining, Eldorado Gold and Kinross Gold Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp /Fi
$32.38 -16.8% 1M +29.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.19B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.04B
Div. yield
–
Gold Basic Materials
2 wins
KGC Kinross Gold Corp
$21.58 -11.3% 1M -6.6% 1Y
Market cap
$24.32B
P/E
7.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.44B
Div. yield
0.00%
Gold Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Buenaventura Mining leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Buenaventura Mining 5, Kinross Gold 4, Eldorado Gold 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBVNEGOKGCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.65B $6.19B $24.32B KGC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.6x 9.8x 7.7x BVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.4x 10.8x 9.1x BVN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +75.7% +37.4% +31.0% BVN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 60.4% 3.5% 37.6% BVN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.3% 41.6% KGC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x -0.3x KGC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.6% +29.1% -6.6% EGO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +28.4%/yr +29.3%/yr +29.2%/yr EGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.8% 60.2% 54.7% BVN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 60/100 78/100 KGC

Percentile Scorecard

BVNEGOKGC

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

AxisBVNEGOKGC
Valuation 61 #65 of 163 91 #15 of 163 90 #17 of 163
Growth 86 #22 of 148 87 #20 of 148 82 #27 of 148
Profitability 79 #27 of 123 46 #67 of 123 99 #2 of 123
Financial Health 55 #75 of 164 31 #114 of 164 76 #40 of 164
Shareholder Returns 89 #13 of 108 46 #59 of 108 40 #65 of 108
Overall 74 60 78
  • BVN ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • EGO ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • KGC 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

PeriodBVNEGOKGCSPY
1 month -13.8%-16.8%-11.3% +0.7%
3 months -13.8%-1.0%-8.7% +3.7%
6 months -15.6%+4.1%-28.6% +7.1%
Year to date -1.1%-9.9%-23.4% +12.8%
1 year +23.6%+29.1%-6.6% +11.9%
3 years +234.0%+197.6%+309.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +49.5%+43.9%+60.0% +22.8%
5 years +249.2%+261.4%+259.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +28.4%+29.3%+29.2% +10.9%
10 years +113.2%+94.5%+477.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +7.9%+6.9%+19.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBVNEGOKGCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.8%60.2%54.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.9%61.2%57.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.882.021.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.450.48-0.12 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-57.7%-56.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.0%-34.9%-43.3% -1.2%
52-week high $43.67$49.71$38.07 $779.14
52-week low $21.16$24.93$21.58 $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.

MultipleBVNEGOKGC
P/E now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 13.2x 10.4xmedian 13.2x 8.3xmedian 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 3.1x 0.4xmedian 3.1x 3.1xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.2x 6.6xmedian 7.2x 4.4xmedian 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 66.9xmedian 15.2x 36.2xmedian 15.2x 4.7xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x 2.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.61median 0.30 0.09median 0.30 0.07median 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 monthsBVNEGOKGC
Revenue $1.45B $18.04B $8.44B
Gross profit – $1.10B $4.90B
Operating income $349.40M $971.70M $4.47B
Net income $646.41M $660.53M $3.21B
Free cash flow – $177.66M $5.48B
R&D – $51.20M $170.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.08 $3.08 $2.59
Cash & equivalents $529.84M $396.83M $2.64B
Total debt $700.74M $1.99B $816.70M
Shares (diluted) 811.63M 205.41M 1.22B
Enterprise value $4.28B $3.67B $14.24B

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
MetricBVNEGOKGC
P/E 8.0x 10.4x 8.3x
P/FCF 66.9x 36.2x 4.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.1x 5.5x
P/S 4.8x 0.4x 3.1x
P/B 1.6x 0.9x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 0.9x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA – 6.6x 4.4x
EV/EBIT 19.3x 8.2x 5.4x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 0.4x 2.9x
EV/FCF – 45.1x 4.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.8x 5.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.61 0.09 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBVNEGOKGC
Revenue growth (1Y) 75.7% 37.4% 31.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 39.5% 167.0% 26.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 42.7% 61.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 68.6% 79.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 252.6% 54.3% 68.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 122.1% 35.7% 115.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 55.3% 81.3% 74.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 59.5% 56.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 58.4% 70.2% 91.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.2% 113.5% 119.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -7.1% 27.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 23.8% 38.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 426.1% 31.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 391.0% 34.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBVNEGOKGC
Gross margin – 6.1% 58.0%
EBITDA margin – 6.7% 65.2%
Operating margin 24.1% 5.4% 52.9%
Pretax margin 55.1% 5.0% 52.3%
Net margin 60.4% 3.5% 37.6%
FCF margin – 1.0% 64.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 2.4% 55.9%
Return on equity 16.5% 9.7% 32.3%
Return on assets 11.7% – 23.3%
Return on invested capital – 8.3% 41.6%
Return on capital employed 7.0% – –
Asset turnover 0.3x – 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.6x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBVNEGOKGC
Debt / assets 11.6% – 5.9%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x -0.3x
Debt / FCF – 11.2x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 29.1% – 27.6%
Equity / assets 70.9% – 72.4%
Interest coverage – 64.4x 171.8x
Current ratio 2.0x – –
Quick ratio 3.8x – –
Cash ratio 1.7x – –
Altman Z-score 3.61 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBVNEGOKGC
Dividend yield 4.1% 0.6% 0.7%
Net buyback yield – -0.8% -1.6%
Shareholder yield 4.1% -0.1% -0.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 3.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 1.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -145.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -38.0%

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.

ConsensusBVNEGOKGC
Forward P/E 6.4xFY2026 10.8xFY2026 9.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.31FY2026 $3.01FY2026 $2.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +39.9%FY2026 +73.0%FY2026 +29.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -8.8% +73.4% +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.16BFY2026 $2.77BFY2026 $8.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.9%FY2026 +53.2%FY2026 +18.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.9% +45.6% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBVNEGOKGC
Held by institutions 44.5% 96.7% –
Institutions holding 274 238 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.7% +37.6% –
Institutions buying 143 151 –
Institutions selling 100 58 –
Buyers to sellers 1.43 2.60 –

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.

BVNEGOKGC
BVN 1.00 0.76 0.78
EGO 0.76 1.00 0.81
KGC 0.78 0.81 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BVN, EGO and KGC?

Kinross Gold (KGC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Buenaventura Mining (BVN) $6.65B, Eldorado Gold (EGO) $6.19B, Kinross Gold (KGC) $24.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, BVN, EGO and KGC?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 7.6x, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 9.8x, Kinross Gold (KGC) 7.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) is cheapest (Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 6.4x, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 10.8x, Kinross Gold (KGC) 9.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Buenaventura Mining (BVN) +75.7%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) +37.4%, Kinross Gold (KGC) +31.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Buenaventura Mining (BVN) has the highest net margin (Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 60.4%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 3.5%, Kinross Gold (KGC) 37.6%). On return on invested capital, Kinross Gold (KGC) leads (Eldorado Gold (EGO) 8.3%, Kinross Gold (KGC) 41.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Eldorado Gold (EGO) returned the most: Buenaventura Mining (BVN) +23.6%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) +29.1%, Kinross Gold (KGC) -6.6%. Over five years, Eldorado Gold (EGO) compounded fastest (Buenaventura Mining (BVN) +28.4%/yr, Eldorado Gold (EGO) +29.3%/yr, Kinross Gold (KGC) +29.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) has been the steadiest (Buenaventura Mining (BVN) 52.8%, Eldorado Gold (EGO) 60.2%, Kinross Gold (KGC) 54.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BVN, EGO and KGC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Buenaventura Mining (BVN) leads on 5. 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.