Fill ya boots - surely8 Jun 2011 15:58
MCAP £45.65
usd/gbp =.6112
average gold price over the past year circa $1350
Following on from the recent release of the past years production figures, i thought it worthwhile to project the earnings for the year.....
Analysis
REVENUE
55,820*1350= $75,357,000
sterling £45,967,770
2010 revenues was $59.61M so approx a $15m increase due to gold averaging 1350 in this 2011 tax year compared to $1000 dollar in 2010 tax year.
PROFIT
Being conservative on costs per oz, i think in the 3rd quarter update they said it would be around 750 so i will use this figure.( Real cost per ounce had reduced in past couple of months to circa $650 i believe)
$1350-$750= $600 per oz
55,820*600= $22,492,000
in sterling £13,720,120
Earnings Ratios
EPS £45m/65m=0.69
P/E .70/.69= 1.16
That is incredibly low! This is a must in the current climate, not sure how much reserves are left and how well further exploration is going.
These are rough calculations and do not take into account currency fluctuations. This is my first real attempt at doing valuations as such with miners as i'm an oily man myself... However i just could not ignore this stock, having done well out of amc in 5p in December.
Regarding dividend payments i notice that they have previous paid 5.5p and 2p in 2007 & 2008 respectively. That is one why to get this share price alive and kicking...