PPTA vs B Stock Comparison

Perpetua Resources and Barrick Mining Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
B Barrick Mining Corp
$39.71 -3.4% 1M +24.7% 1Y
Market cap
$66.06B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.66B
Div. yield
0.01%
Gold Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

5 decided of 12

Barrick Mining leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Barrick Mining 4, Perpetua Resources 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPPTABLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.26B $66.06B B
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.7x 10.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.6x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +49.4% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 31.6% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 24.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -26.9% +24.7% B
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.3%/yr +16.7%/yr PPTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.5% 46.8% B
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 29/100 78/100 B

Percentile Scorecard

PPTAB

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

AxisPPTAB
Valuation 16 #136 of 162 86 #23 of 162
Growth 1 #146 of 147 90 #15 of 147
Profitability 23 #94 of 122 93 #9 of 122
Financial Health 92 #14 of 164 52 #79 of 164
Shareholder Returns 15 #91 of 107 68 #35 of 107
Overall 29 78
  • PPTA ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • B 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

PeriodPPTABSPY
1 month -15.0%-3.4% +0.9%
3 months +7.5%+9.3% +5.9%
6 months -29.3%+3.3% +8.5%
Year to date -23.4%-8.8% +13.3%
1 year -26.9%+24.7% +12.4%
3 years +416.7%+143.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year +72.9%+34.5% +23.5%
5 years +289.7%+116.2% +68.2%
5 years, per year +31.3%+16.7% +11.0%
10 years —+132.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+8.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasurePPTABSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.5%46.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.1%50.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.021.80 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.370.53 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.6%-48.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -50.2%-25.0% -0.9%
52-week high $37.22$52.98 $779.14
52-week low $16.44$31.67 $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.

MultiplePPTAB
P/E now vs peer median -10.0xmedian 13.4x 10.4xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.2x 3.2xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.6xmedian 7.3x 5.0xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -10.9xmedian 14.8x 5.9xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.31 0.03median 0.31

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 monthsPPTAB
Revenue – $20.66B
Gross profit – $11.56B
Operating income -$264.40M $10.94B
Net income -$232.33M $9.49B
Free cash flow -$213.26M $11.25B
R&D $254.25M $481.00M
EPS (diluted) $-1.86 $3.82
Cash & equivalents $574.25M $5.93B
Total debt – $18.98B
Shares (diluted) 125.09M 1.71B
Enterprise value -$139.71M $41.26B

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
MetricPPTAB
P/E -10.0x 10.4x
P/FCF -10.9x 5.9x
P/Operating cash flow -12.9x 7.1x
P/S – 3.2x
P/B 3.2x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 3.2x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA -6.6x 5.0x
EV/EBIT -6.6x 6.0x
EV/Revenue – 3.2x
EV/FCF -8.2x 5.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -9.7x 6.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 0.03

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPPTAB
Debt / assets – 8.9%
Debt / equity – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 6.9% 47.8%
Equity / assets 93.1% 52.2%
Interest coverage – 63.6x
Current ratio 12.3x 3.0x
Quick ratio 11.9x 2.1x
Cash ratio 11.8x 1.9x
Altman Z-score – 2.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPPTAB
Dividend yield – 2.4%
Net buyback yield -18.6% 0.2%
Shareholder yield -18.6% 2.5%
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.

ConsensusPPTAB
Forward P/E – 10.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.20FY2026 $3.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +55.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +14.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $0.00FY2026 $20.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +19.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +24.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPPTAB
Held by institutions 67.2% 58.0%
Institutions holding 255 1,005
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6% -4.7%
Institutions buying 128 486
Institutions selling 79 337
Buyers to sellers 1.62 1.44

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.

PPTAB
PPTA 1.00 0.79
B 0.79 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PPTA and B?

Barrick Mining (B) is the largest by market capitalisation: Perpetua Resources (PPTA) $2.26B, Barrick Mining (B) $66.06B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Barrick Mining (B) returned the most: Perpetua Resources (PPTA) -26.9%, Barrick Mining (B) +24.7%. Over five years, Perpetua Resources (PPTA) compounded fastest (Perpetua Resources (PPTA) +31.3%/yr, Barrick Mining (B) +16.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Barrick Mining (B) has been the steadiest (Perpetua Resources (PPTA) 73.5%, Barrick Mining (B) 46.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do PPTA and B move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.79, a strong positive relationship. Holding both adds little diversification.

Which is the better stock, PPTA and B?

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 4. 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.