Contango ORE (CTGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Contango ORE, Inc. is a gold exploration, development and production company focused on mineral properties in Alaska. The company’s principal asset is its interest in the Peak Gold Joint Venture, which holds the Manh Choh project in the Tetlin area of eastern Alaska. Contango owns a minority interest in the joint venture, while Kinross Gold Corporation is the operator and majority partner.

Manh Choh is a high-grade gold project whose ore is transported to Kinross’ Fort Knox processing facility near Fairbanks. The project began commercial production in 2024, giving Contango exposure to gold production while maintaining an exploration portfolio in the state.

Contango also owns the Lucky Shot gold project in south-central Alaska, a historic high-grade gold property located near the community of Willow. The company continues to evaluate and advance its Alaska assets through exploration, resource definition and project development activities. Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse serves as Contango ORE’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.87 to $14.58
• 50-Day Range: $14.45 to $21.00
• 52-Week Range: $13.87 to $34.38
• Volume: 342,343 shs
• Average Volume: 331,233 shs
• Market Capitalization: $484.08 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $32.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Contango ORE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Contango ORE scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Contango ORE has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Contango ORE has a consensus price target of $32.00, representing about 121.5% upside from its current price of $14.45.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Contango ORE has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Contango ORE is -4.91, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Contango ORE is -4.91, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Contango ORE has a P/B Ratio of 8.60. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.21% of the float of Contango ORE has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Contango ORE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.43.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Contango ORE has recently decreased by 8.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Contango ORE does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Contango ORE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.56

News Sentiment

Contango ORE has a news sentiment score of 0.56. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.39 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Contango ORE this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for CTGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Contango ORE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Contango ORE insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $29,002.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.40% of the stock of Contango ORE is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

19.14% of the stock of Contango ORE is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Today: 10/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSEAMERICAN
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NYSEAMERICAN:CTGO
• Previous Symbol: OTC:CTGO
• CIK: 1502377
• Web: www.contangoore.com
• Phone: (713) 877-1311
• Fax: 713-621-7329
• Employees: 15
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Contango ORE: $32.00
• High Price Target: $32.00
• Low Price Target: $32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +121.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($7.82)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 36.13
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$36.09 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.26%
• Return on Assets: 4.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.06
• Current Ratio: 1.06
• Quick Ratio: 1.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: $5.05 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.86
• Book Value: $1.68 per share
• Price / Book: 8.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 33,500,000
• Free Float: 31,693,000
• Market Cap: $484.08 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.13