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Gold Reserve Ltd.GRZ.VCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Materials›Precious Metals

Canadian company holding a large arbitration award against Venezuela for its expropriated Brisas/Cristinas gold-copper project.

≈ No US peer.Momentum laggard 15
Mkt cap
$560M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$39,638
20-day average traded
P/B
4.59×
price to book
ROE
-41.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
12.9%
what the price asks
Close · CADC$5.30
1D+0.9%
1W-4.3%
1M-26.9%
3M-17.8%
6M-19.1%
YTD+132.5%
1Y+119.9%
ATR %4.7%
52w lowhigh30.3% off high

What Gold Reserve does

Canadian company holding a large arbitration award against Venezuela for its expropriated Brisas/Cristinas gold-copper project.

In one line: No US peer..

Products and services

  • Venezuela arbitration award recovery
  • Legacy Brisas/Cristinas project claim

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Mining claims/legal recovery
  • Arbitration award holder

What could go right

  • Progress recovering the Venezuela arbitration award

What could go wrong

  • Venezuela political/legal uncertainty
  • Recovery process delays

Moat: none. Value depends on a legal/political recovery process, not on an operating business.

Headquarters: Spokane, United States · Employees: 3

Gold Reserve at a glance

Size Gold Reserve (GRZ.V) is a Canada Materials company (Precious Metals) with a market value of $560M, the 322nd largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$5.30 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 19.1%, against +1.1% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Valuation It trades at 4.59× book value against a peer median of 2.24× (5th most expensive of 20).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.9%; Gold Reserve delivers -41.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 101GRZ.V 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Gold Reserve against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gold Reserve financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$0C$0C$0C$0C$0
Revenue growth—————
Gross profit-C$249,083-C$175,117-C$20,132-C$85,046-C$135,579
EBITDA-C$25.1M-C$14.1M-C$16.4M-C$9.35M-C$9.37M
Net income-C$50.5M-C$47.9M-C$20.8M-C$31.2M-C$11.2M
Free cash flow-C$51.9M-C$42.0M-C$16.5M-C$10.0M-C$8.28M
Capital expenditureC$4,496C$150,844C$0C$0C$0
Total debtC$164,070C$248,529C$0C$0C$0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gold Reserve competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-20%-10%0%APMBYNFRSGSKRBTRIPXTCGWIARXLAAZCTGOTAUTLGMTLGOROSBMAUCGAUAMRQAMIGRZ.V6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gold Reserve is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-100%-50%0%50%2.50×50×7.50×APMBYNFRSGSKRIPXTCGWIARXLAAZTAUTLGMTLSBMAUCGAUAMIGRZ.VReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Gold Reserve is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-100%0%100%-100%0%100%APMBYNFRSGSKRIPXTCGAAZTLGMTLAUCGAUAMRQGRZ.VROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Gold Reserve is the large dot.

Gold Reserve competitors and peer comparison

How Gold Reserve compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Gold Reserve against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGRZ.VPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-26.9%-7.9%lowest of 21
6-month return-19.1%+1.1%9th lowest of 21
Return on equity-41.5%-4.8%3rd lowest of 20
Price / book4.59×2.24×5th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies12.9%21.2%3rd least demanding of 20
ROE delivered-41.5%-4.8%3rd lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Gold Reserve GRZ.VCanada$560M-19%n/a-41%4.59×12.9%-41.5%
Andean Precious Metals APM.TOCanada$555M-20%+63%49%1.84×21.4%49.2%
Banyan Gold BYN.VCanada$554M+18%n/a-5%5.50×64.9%-4.8%
Forrestania Resources FRS.AXAustralia$547M-33%n/a-23%1.63×16.6%-23.2%
Goldsky Resources GSKR.VCanada$543M-28%n/a-22%1.75×15.8%-21.8%
Brightstar Resources BTR.AXAustralia$542M+68%+91%-30%1.81×16.9%-29.6%
IperionX IPXUnited States$540M-66%n/a-74%5.42×64.6%-74.1%
Turaco Gold TCG.AXAustralia$540M+29%n/a-31%8.06×112.3%-31.4%
WIA Gold WIA.AXAustralia$533M-22%n/a-4%3.99×17.1%-3.9%
Rox Resources RXL.AXAustralia$532M+13%n/a-19%2.77×12.8%-19.0%
Anglo Asian Mining AAZ.LUnited Kingdom$590M+30%+220%58%4.42×39.4%58.0%
Contango Silver & Gold CTGOUnited States$520M-43%n/a-24%1.52×8.1%-23.7%
Thesis Gold & Silver TAU.VCanada$516M-31%n/a-5%2.24×24.4%-4.5%
Troilus Mining TLG.TOCanada$611M-8%n/a-122%7.28×110.2%-121.9%
Metals Exploration MTL.LUnited Kingdom$617M+17%-17%14%2.12×17.8%13.5%
Goldgroup Mining GORO.VCanada$500M-21%+215%n/an/an/an/a
St. Barbara SBM.AXAustralia$629M+5%-76%-4%0.96×14.2%-4.3%
Ausgold AUC.AXAustralia$495M+42%n/a-6%3.30×37.4%-6.2%
Galiano Gold GAU.TOCanada$653M+2%+91%26%2.03×21.2%26.0%
Amaroq AMRQ.LUnited Kingdom$657M0%+2,134%2%3.10×22.7%1.8%
Aurelia Metals AMI.AXAustralia$477M+16%+40%20%1.48×15.7%20.2%

Questions

Which companies are Gold Reserve's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Andean Precious Metals (APM.TO), Banyan Gold (BYN.V), Forrestania Resources (FRS.AX), Goldsky Resources (GSKR.V), Brightstar Resources (BTR.AX), IperionX (IPX), Turaco Gold (TCG.AX), WIA Gold (WIA.AX).
Is Gold Reserve expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 4.59× against a peer median of 2.24×, 5th most expensive of 20 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.9%; Gold Reserve delivers -41.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Gold Reserve stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -19.1% against +1.1% for the median peer; over one year +119.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.