Equinox Gold (EQX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Equinox Gold is a Canadian gold mining company focused on the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold properties. Its business includes producing and selling gold as well as advancing projects intended to support future production.

The company’s activities span the Americas, where it operates mines and develops mineral projects. Equinox Gold was formed in 2017 and expanded through acquisitions, including its 2020 merger with Leagold Mining.

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Equinox Gold focuses primarily on gold and related exploration and development work.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.65 to $11.26
• 50-Day Range: $9.70 to $13.12
• 52-Week Range: $8.48 to $18.96
• Volume: 12.26 million shs
• Average Volume: 13.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.53
• Dividend Yield: 0.83%
• Price Target: $14.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Equinox Gold Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Equinox Gold scored higher than 99% 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: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Equinox Gold has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.88, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Equinox Gold has a consensus price target of $14.00, representing about 29.6% upside from its current price of $10.80.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Equinox Gold has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 33.68%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Equinox Gold are expected to grow by 33.68% in the coming year, from $0.95 to $1.27 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Equinox Gold is 13.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.24.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Equinox Gold is 13.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.73.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Equinox Gold has a P/B Ratio of 1.27. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.19% of the float of Equinox Gold has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Equinox Gold has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.97, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Equinox Gold has recently decreased by 10.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Equinox Gold has a dividend yield of 0.80%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Equinox Gold does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Equinox Gold is 16.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Equinox Gold will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.09% next year. This indicates that Equinox Gold will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.80

News Sentiment

Equinox Gold has a news sentiment score of 0.80. 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 0.40 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Equinox Gold this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

14 people have searched for EQX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Equinox Gold to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 75% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Equinox Gold insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.35% of the stock of Equinox Gold is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.85% of the stock of Equinox Gold is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/09/2026
• Today: 11/12/2026
• Record date for 12/10 Dividend: 11/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/10 Dividend: 11/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSEAMERICAN
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NYSEAMERICAN:EQX
• CIK: 1756607
• Web: www.equinoxgold.com
• Phone: (604) 558-0560
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,219
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Equinox Gold: $14.00
• High Price Target: $14.00
• Low Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.50
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $221.47 million
• Net Margins: 23.83%
• Pretax Margin: 29.04%
• Return on Equity: 9.95%
• Return on Assets: 6.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.03
• Current Ratio: 0.93
• Quick Ratio: 0.77

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.94
• Cash Flow: $0.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.12
• Book Value: $8.53 per share
• Price / Book: 1.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,168,470,000
• Free Float: 1,070,905,000
• Market Cap: $12.62 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.33