Aura Minerals (AUGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are an Americas gold and copper production company with a significant portfolio of mining operations. Our mission is to deliver long-term value by unlocking operational efficiencies, responsibly growing our portfolio with a focus on return on invested capital, responsible mining practices and a commitment to sustainability. We operate with a decentralized culture, supported by a lean corporate team that ensures agile and dynamic management and decision-making processes, focused on high operational sustainability compliance standards. We believe that our success as a gold and copper mining company is the result of a combination of strategic acquisitions, mine expansions and development and efficiency improvements. Backed by a traditional Brazilian family of seasoned gold-focused entrepreneurs and mine developers, as well as a new management team, we have undergone a significant transformation since 2016, enhancing our profitability, replenishing resources and even extending the life-of-mine (LOM) across our operating assets, while also facilitating inorganic expansion — consistently guided by a disciplined commitment to value creation and sustainable growth. We have a track record of expanding and building new mines on-time and on-budget, with ramp-up capabilities, consistent cash flow generation and dividend payments while delivering an attractive return on investment. Our disciplined cost management ensures efficiency in reserve development while we strive to serve as the benchmark for operational security and excellence in project development. Strategically, we prioritize high-IRR (Internal Rate of Return) growth opportunities, balancing capital appreciation with reliable dividend distributions. We currently operate four wholly-owned operating mines and one mine in ramp-up phase. Our operating mines are the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico, the Apoena and Almas gold mines in Brazil and the Minosa gold mine in Honduras. Additionally, we own and operate the Borborema gold mine in Brazil, which is currently in its ramp-up phase and is expected to achieve commercial production by the third quarter of 2025. In addition to our operating mines, our main development projects are the Era Dorada gold project in Guatemala and the Matupá gold project in Brazil. We have significant exploration potential, owning over 563,558 hectares of mineral rights, and we are currently advancing multiple near-mine and regional targets along with the Carajás (Serra da Estrela) copper project in the prolific Carajás region of Brazil. Our registered office is located the British Virgin Islands.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $55.66 to $58.05
• 50-Day Range: $50.07 to $79.99
• 52-Week Range: $22.24 to $110.32
• Volume: 579,533 shs
• Average Volume: 1.12 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.68 billion
• P/E Ratio: 51.75
• Dividend Yield: 5.58%
• Price Target: $79.27
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Aura Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aura Minerals scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 50th out of 185 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Aura Minerals has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Aura Minerals has a consensus price target of $79.27, representing about 41.8% upside from its current price of $55.89.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Aura Minerals has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 109.37%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Aura Minerals are expected to grow by 109.37% in the coming year, from $5.55 to $11.62 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aura Minerals is 51.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Aura Minerals is 51.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.14.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Aura Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 17.36. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.26% 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 3.15, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Aura Minerals has recently increased by 34.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Aura Minerals is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.23%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Aura Minerals is 288.89%. 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 26.85% next year. This indicates that Aura Minerals will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Aura Minerals has a news sentiment score of 0.33. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Aura Minerals this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for AUGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Aura Minerals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Aura Minerals insiders have sold 16,644.05% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $181,860.00 in company stock and sold $30,450,738.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Aura Minerals has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Record date for 5/26 Dividend: 5/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/26 Dividend: 5/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/26/2026
• Today: 7/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: N/A
• Sub-Industry: Non-Metallic And Industrial Metal Mining
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AUGO
• CIK: 1468642
• Web: N/A
• Phone: (866) 881-9982
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,462
• Year Founded: 1946

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Aura Minerals: $79.27
• High Price Target: $94.00
• Low Price Target: $52.80
• Potential Upside/Downside: +41.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.08
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 51.75
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.07
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$79.34 million
• Net Margins: 7.80%
• Pretax Margin: 21.29%
• Return on Equity: 111.96%
• Return on Assets: 19.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.03
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $921.73 million
• Price / Sales: 5.08
• Cash Flow: $3.41 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.38
• Book Value: $3.22 per share
• Price / Book: 17.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 83,790,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $4.68 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: N/A