Alamos Gold IncAGI.TOCOMMENTSep 15, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 10, 2026. Market Open.
Has come off with the price of gold. This name, along with AEM, is the best-run gold company in Canada, if not in the world. Both continually replace mines with fresh, high-quality reserves.
Production forecasts are spectacular. Stepped back to just below his downside target of $54. He's waiting for it to grip here. You could buy 1/3 of a position today, then see what happens. (For stocks that have set back, he finds that you tend to do better buying in stages than buying all at once.) Yield is 0.41%.
AGI next reports Feb 18; in the Q3, EPS of 37c beat estimates of 36c; revenue of $462M missed estimates by 7%. EBITDA of $283.5M missed estimates by 7%. Of course, since then the price of gold has soared, and AGI has further earnings leverage. Last week it did release Q4 production numners, which did miss estimates. However, the miss was largely due to a seismic event and weather issues. We would not consider it too serious and the stock decline likely reflects the situation well. We think the stock is interesting and buyable at current levels and would consider a 'more conservative' play for the sector. The company remains debt-free with with more than $200M net cash.
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Great performer. Moved up from small cap to something bigger and more diversified. Still likes it, though there was some disappointment after release of Q1 results. Good portfolio of mines, pretty good organic growth profile. Recent acquisition will be synergistic. Mines are in jurisdictions where not at risk of having rug ripped out from under.
Consolidating due to recent gains, and gold hasn't broken out to new highs (though on the doorstep). Good time to add. Feeling pretty good about upcoming Q2 numbers, as a lot of cost pressures were just issues of timing and should reverse. In the long run, aspiring to be an emerging AEM, either organically or via merger.
This name continues to work, entire space has been on fire. The kind of chart you want to see. For precious metals, we're approaching negative seasonality (July-October). Will probably see a pullback over next couple of months. If you own, set some risk-control levels. If you want to add, go ahead now but keep some powder dry for later.
Now a $14B market cap, an emerging large-cap company. Likes last year's acquisition of Argonaut. Great organic growth profile of 12% annual compound growth rate in production -- no mid- or large-cap can match that. Negligible geopolitical risk of Canada and Mexico. Yield is 0.4%.
(Analysts’ price target is $39.50)
This has taken a kicking over the last week or so with the Richmont acquisition. Think it was a bit of a surprise that the company had made an acquisition of that size. Its original base was in Mexico, but have now diversified into Canada. Richmont has a great little mine. It is ramping up to lots of exploration upside. Maybe they have overpaid right now and incorporated some of their growth into what they paid. He would rather buy something that is steady and consistent and does what it says it is going to do, without surprising him with any dilution or major acquisitions.