Aura Minerals (AUGO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aura Minerals Inc. is a mining company focused on the exploration, development, and production of precious and base metals. Its operations primarily produce gold, with copper and silver recovered as additional products from certain deposits. The company sells its output in the form of gold doré and metal concentrates.

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

Aura Minerals is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Rodrigo Barbosa. The company is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol AUGO and has historically maintained a focus on building a diversified portfolio of mines across Latin America.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $86.66 to $89.75
• 50-Day Range: $50.07 to $90.47
• 52-Week Range: $29.11 to $110.32
• Volume: 721,966 shs
• Average Volume: 975,301 shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.47 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.18
• Dividend Yield: 3.23%
• Price Target: $86.95
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Aura Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aura Minerals scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 97th out of 226 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: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Aura Minerals has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 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: 84.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Aura Minerals are expected to grow by 84.04% in the coming year, from $5.45 to $10.03 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aura Minerals is 25.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Aura Minerals is 25.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.91.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Aura Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 27.69. 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

6.06% 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 4.82.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Aura Minerals has recently decreased by 6.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Aura Minerals pays a meaningful dividend of 3.26%, 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 28.71% next year. This indicates that Aura Minerals will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.60

News Sentiment

Aura Minerals has a news sentiment score of 0.60. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 21 news articles for Aura Minerals this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for AUGO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Aura Minerals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% 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 452.02% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $22,662,070.00 in company stock and sold $125,099,454.00 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: 9/22/2026
• 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: -2.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.36
• 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: 8.10
• Cash Flow: $3.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 26.36
• Book Value: $3.22 per share
• Price / Book: 27.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 83,790,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $7.47 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.28