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K92 Mining, Inc.KNT.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Materials›Precious Metals

Canadian miner operating the high-grade Kainantu gold-copper-silver mine in Papua New Guinea.

Momentum strong 60
Mkt cap
$4.86B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.6M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+47.9 pp
WACC 9.8%
Hurdle
-31 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
10 days
16 Nov 2026
Close · CADC$27.71
1D+1.6%
1W+10.2%
1M-0.3%
3M-2.7%
6M+10.1%
YTD+22.1%
1Y+53.3%
ATR %4.4%
52w lowhigh17.2% off high

What K92 Mining does

Canadian miner operating the high-grade Kainantu gold-copper-silver mine in Papua New Guinea.

Sells concentrate, a crushed and processed ore product, to smelters and traders, which pay for the gold, copper and silver it contains less processing charges, so income follows metal prices and tonnes milled. Kainantu is its only producing mine, in Papua New Guinea, and growth has come from raising the mining and milling rate in stages.

Products and services

  • Kainantu mine (PNG)
  • Mill expansion (Stage 3-4)

Customers

  • Gold/copper/silver bullion and concentrate market

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Materials
  • Precious metals mining
  • Underground gold-copper-silver…

What could go right

  • Expansion-driven production growth
  • High-grade exploration upside

What could go wrong

  • Papua New Guinea country/infrastructure risk
  • Single-mine concentration

Moat: narrow (installed base, process know-how). High-grade, low-cost underground orebody with ongoing expansion optionality.

Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada · Employees: 2,389

Named competitors

K92 Mining at a glance

Size K92 Mining (KNT.TO) is a Canada Materials company (Precious Metals) with a market value of $4.86B, the 123rd largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$27.71 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.1%, against +1.6% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 62.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +50.3%); the operating margin is 67.9% (peer median 44.7%).

Valuation It trades at 11.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.4× (8th cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +31%, so the hurdle is -31 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 47.9 points above its cost of capital (9.8% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 16 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KNT.TO 104Peer median 101
Six months, rebased to 100: K92 Mining against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

K92 Mining financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$1.10BC$832MC$480MC$270MC$245M
Revenue growth—+73%+78%+10%—
Gross profitC$776MC$587MC$262MC$92.3MC$98.2M
EBITDAC$804MC$599MC$288MC$120MC$112M
Net incomeC$500MC$378MC$152MC$44.8MC$46.2M
Free cash flowC$250MC$90.8MC$34.6M-C$37.6MC$1.82M
Capital expenditureC$308MC$302MC$219MC$138MC$93.4M
Total debtC$62.0MC$74.8MC$94.8MC$6.28MC$13.7M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

K92 Mining 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

-20%0%+20%-10%0%MAURMS002155TXR603979GGPCMMCGVAUSSRMGMDPRUPAFOGCSBSWAYAWGXTFPMARTGKNT.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. K92 Mining is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%10×20×RMS002155TXR603979GGPCMMCGVAUSSRMGMDPAFOGCSBSWAYAWGXTFPMARTGKNT.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. K92 Mining is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%+150%0%100%RMS002155TXRCMMCGVAUGMDAYAWGXKNT.TOGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. K92 Mining is the large dot.

K92 Mining competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (KNT.TO vs HMY vs SBM.AX vs NEM)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
K92 Mining KNT.TO$4.86B+10%+62%68%11.0×0.7%
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR HMY$9.84B-3%+50%45%5.3×-14.1%
St. Barbara SBM.AX$629M+5%-76%-935%14.7×n/a
Newmont NEM$126B+4%+23%55%12.7×-8.9%
B2Gold BTO.TO$7.19B+13%+72%46%6.1×-7.0%

How K92 Mining 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.

K92 Mining against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKNT.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.3%-0.1%11th highest of 21
6-month return+10.1%+1.6%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-17.2%-22.9%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+62.5%+50.3%8th highest of 19
Operating margin67.9%44.7%2nd highest of 19
Forward P/E11.0×12.4×8th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)0.7%-0.1%8th most demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+31.3%+29.2%6th highest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-30.5 pp-32.4 pp7th most demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital+47.9 pp+19.5 pp2nd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA7.9×5.6×7th most expensive of 17
Net debt / EBITDA-0.5×-0.5×8th least indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
K92 Mining KNT.TOCanada$4.86B+10%+62%68%11.0×0.7%+31.3%
Montage Gold MAU.TOCanada$4.79B+17%n/an/a18.4×n/an/a
Ramelius Resources RMS.AXAustralia$4.78B+3%-14%42%19.0×13.7%+10.3%
Hunan Gold 002155.SZChina$4.72B-33%+1%4%15.3×11.1%+27.4%
Torex Resources TXR.TOCanada$5.02B+16%+76%46%7.1×-3.9%+11.5%
JCHX MINING MANAGEMENT 603979.SSChina$5.09B-12%+23%28%9.9×-7.7%+29.3%
Greatland Resources GGP.AXAustralia$5.11B-31%+118%52%13.4×-3.1%n/a
Capricorn Metals CMM.AXAustralia$4.42B-1%+45%58%17.6×12.7%+33.9%
Centerra Gold CG.TOCanada$4.25B+27%+44%27%12.4×6.5%+13.9%
Vault Minerals VAU.AXAustralia$4.19B+21%+35%33%13.0×-0.1%+59.0%
SSR Mining SSRMUnited States$5.66B-17%+39%42%8.1×n/an/a
Genesis Minerals GMD.AXAustralia$5.73B+6%+89%45%15.1×7.2%+182.9%
Perseus Mining PRU.AXAustralia$5.77B+11%+13%48%11.8×-1.1%+26.4%
Skeena Resources SKE.TOCanada$3.90B+6%n/an/an/an/an/a
Pan African Resources PAF.LUnited Kingdom$3.79B-25%+106%54%7.2×-6.7%+25.7%
OceanaGold OGC.TOCanada$6.27B-5%+56%44%7.1×-5.4%+29.2%
Sibanye Stillwater Limited Sponsored ADR SBSWUnited States$6.30B-29%+59%26%5.9×n/an/a
Aya Gold & Silver AYA.TOCanada$3.68B+40%+265%53%19.2×17.9%+72.4%
Westgold Resources WGX.AXAustralia$3.64B-2%+79%32%8.8×-7.6%+33.7%
Triple Flag Precious Metals TFPM.TOCanada$6.54B+1%+45%63%24.7×n/an/a
Artemis Gold ARTG.VCanada$6.76B+18%+148%71%11.3×6.6%n/a

Questions

Who are K92 Mining's main competitors?
Named competitors: Harmony Gold (HMY), St Barbara (SBM.AX), Newmont (NEM), B2Gold (BTO.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Montage Gold (MAU.TO), Ramelius Resources (RMS.AX), Hunan Gold (002155.SZ), Torex Resources (TXR.TO), JCHX MINING MANAGEMENT (603979.SS), Greatland Resources (GGP.AX).
Is K92 Mining expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.0× against a peer median of 12.4×, 8th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +31%, so the hurdle is -31 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has K92 Mining stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.1% against +1.6% for the median peer; over one year +53.3%.

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.