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Q: What do you think of McEwan Mining? Please include some fundamental analysis and future outlook - thx, John
Asked by John on January 15, 2025
5i Research Answer:

MUX is a 'love it or hate it' stock. Mr. McEwen has his fans, and his not fans. He is an aggressive CEO, and has grown via acquisition. He had good success decades ago, not so much since. He owns 15% of the stock. But, the stock is down 34% in the past 10 years. It is small at $626M. It has $12M net debt. Cash flow was negative for the past four years, but positive $47M in the most recent rolling 12 month period. It has lost money every year since 2016. It needs lots of capital for its Argentina copper mine, and of course the country carries some risks as well. It produced 35,000 ounces of gold last quarter. All-in per ounce production costs are still fairly high, and we would like to see some improvements in this metric. All in, we would consider it one of the riskier mid-cap producers, and not hugely attractive.