Aura Minerals (AUGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aura Minerals Inc. is a mining company focused on the exploration, development and production of gold, copper and other associated minerals. The company operates a portfolio of mines and projects in the Americas and sells the metals produced from its operations to commercial customers.

Aura’s assets include the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico, the San Andrés gold mine in Honduras, and gold operations in Brazil, including the Almas and Apoena complexes. The company also has development and exploration projects intended to support future production and extend the operating life of its portfolio.

Headquartered in the Americas and listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol AUGO, Aura Minerals has built its business through the acquisition, development and operation of precious- and base-metal assets. Rodrigo Barbosa serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $80.80 to $84.12
• 50-Day Range: $54.57 to $92.77
• 52-Week Range: $29.11 to $110.32
• Volume: 1.03 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.05 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.87 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.17
• Dividend Yield: 3.51%
• Price Target: $86.95
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Aura Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aura Minerals scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 125th out of 230 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Aura Minerals has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Aura Minerals is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Aura Minerals has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 56.18%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Aura Minerals are expected to grow by 56.18% in the coming year, from $5.91 to $9.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aura Minerals is 23.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Aura Minerals is 23.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.51.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Aura Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 25.47. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.89% of the float of Aura Minerals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Aura Minerals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.09.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Aura Minerals has recently increased by 13.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Aura Minerals pays a meaningful dividend of 3.38%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Aura Minerals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Aura Minerals is 81.36%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Aura Minerals will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.20% next year. This indicates that Aura Minerals will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.18

News Sentiment

Aura Minerals has a news sentiment score of 0.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Aura Minerals this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for AUGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Aura Minerals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Aura Minerals insiders have sold 488.29% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $22,662,070.00 in company stock and sold $133,318,052.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Aura Minerals has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/30/2026
• Record date for 8/28 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/28/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AUGO
• CIK: 1468642
• Web: www.auraminerals.com
• Phone: (866) 881-9982
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,462
• Year Founded: 1946

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Aura Minerals: $86.95
• High Price Target: $110.00
• Low Price Target: $52.80
• Potential Upside/Downside: +6.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.88
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$79.34 million
• Net Margins: 23.18%
• Pretax Margin: 34.80%
• Return on Equity: 103.62%
• Return on Assets: 21.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.82
• Current Ratio: 1.06
• Quick Ratio: 0.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $921.73 million
• Price / Sales: 7.46
• Cash Flow: $3.17 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.89
• Book Value: $3.22 per share
• Price / Book: 25.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 83,790,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $6.87 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.48