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Kirkland Lake Gold is a gold business based in Australia. Kirkland Lake Gold shares (KLA) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. Kirkland Lake Gold has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.6 billion. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
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52-week range | $50.0744 - $61.9854 |
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50-day moving average | $55.0846 |
200-day moving average | $55.5964 |
Target price | N/A |
PE ratio | 11.3142 |
Dividend yield | $0.75 (1.95%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.657 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$52.69
6 months (2021-12-24) | -3.13% |
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1 year (2021-06-28) | 0.17% |
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2 years (2020-06-26) | -6.97% |
3 years (2019-06-28) | -17.67% |
Valuing Kirkland Lake Gold stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Kirkland Lake Gold 's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Kirkland Lake Gold 's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Kirkland Lake Gold shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Kirkland Lake Gold 's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.8 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Kirkland Lake Gold 's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | $2.6 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 51.07% |
Gross profit TTM | $1.8 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 11.66% |
Return on equity TTM | 17.37% |
Profit margin | 34.7% |
Book value | 20.228 |
Market capitalisation | $14.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 22.86% of net profits
Recently Kirkland Lake Gold has paid out, on average, around 22.86% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.95% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Kirkland Lake Gold shareholders could enjoy a 1.95% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Kirkland Lake Gold 's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.75 per share.
While Kirkland Lake Gold 's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Kirkland Lake Gold is investing more in its future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 December 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Kirkland Lake Gold 's shares have ranged in value from as little as $50.0744 up to $61.9854. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Kirkland Lake Gold 's is 0.5278. This would suggest that Kirkland Lake Gold 's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. engages in the acquisition, production, and operation of gold properties. The company holds interest in the Fosterville Mine located in the State of Victoria, Australia; and the Macassa Mine situated in the Municipality of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, as well as the Detour Lake Mine located in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It has a strategic alliance agreement with Newmont Corporation. The company was formerly known as Newmarket Gold Inc. and changed its name to Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. in December 2016. Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. As of February 8, 2022, Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited.
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