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NGEx Minerals Ltd.NGEX.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Materials›Other Metals/Minerals

Copper-gold explorer/developer advancing the Los Helados and Lunahuasi projects in the Vicuña copper-gold district of Argentina and Chile, part of the Lundin Group.

≈ A pre-production South American copper-gold developerMomentum weak 21
Mkt cap
$3.37B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
63%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.04M
20-day average traded
P/B
10.88×
price to book
ROE
-45.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
116.6%
what the price asks
Next earnings
160 days
15 Apr 2027
Close · CADC$21.75
1D+5.1%
1W+7.3%
1M-8.3%
3M-24.8%
6M-15.5%
YTD-15.0%
1Y-2.7%
ATR %5.7%
52w lowhigh32.9% off high

What NGEx Minerals does

Copper-gold explorer/developer advancing the Los Helados and Lunahuasi projects in the Vicuña copper-gold district of Argentina and Chile, part of the Lundin Group.

Has no operating mine and no sales; drilling and studies are paid for by selling shares, so value rests on drilling results and the market's appetite for copper projects. Los Helados is held in a joint venture. It was spun out of Lundin Mining in 2021 and keeps Lundin family backing.

In one line: A pre-production South American copper-gold developer.

Products and services

  • Los Helados copper-gold project
  • Lunahuasi copper-gold-silver project

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Base/precious metals mining
  • Copper-gold exploration/development
  • Project financing

What could go right

  • Copper price strength (electrification demand)
  • Resource upgrades/JV partner funding milestones

What could go wrong

  • Project financing/construction risk
  • Argentina/Chile political/regulatory risk

Moat: none. Pre-production developer with no operating mine or revenue; value depends on resource growth and financing, though it benefits from Lundin Group backing.

Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada · Founded: 2020 · Employees: 54

Named competitors

NGEx Minerals at a glance

Size NGEx Minerals (NGEX.TO) is a Canada Materials company (Other Metals/Minerals) with a market value of $3.37B, the 149th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$21.75 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.5%, against -36.5% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Valuation It trades at 10.88× book value against a peer median of 2.87× (2nd most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 116.6%; NGEx Minerals delivers -45.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 15 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NGEX.TO 82Peer median 61
Six months, rebased to 100: NGEx Minerals against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

NGEx Minerals 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$72,571-C$70,671-C$58,192-C$17,231-C$12,275
EBITDA-C$140M-C$129M-C$77.0M-C$49.0M-C$34.4M
Net income-C$131M-C$123M-C$63.6M-C$37.7M-C$32.4M
Free cash flow-C$105M-C$93.5M-C$48.7M-C$27.4M-C$27.3M
Capital expenditureC$0C$0C$2.50MC$323,342C$126,220
Total debtC$3.45MC$3.67MC$0C$0C$0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

NGEx Minerals 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

-50%0%+50%-40%-20%0%603186UEC000060301611000688002378000962ERO27880007370022400027385714600392002149NGEX.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. NGEx Minerals is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-25%0%25%50%50×100×603186UEC000060301611001246002716000688002378600259000962ERO27880007376007116009610022400027385714002149NGEX.TOReturn 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. NGEx Minerals is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%100%200%0%100%200%603186UEC000060301611001246002716000688ERO600711NGEX.TOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. NGEx Minerals is the large dot.

NGEx Minerals competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NGEX.TO vs BHP.AX vs LUN.TO vs MARI.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
NGEx Minerals NGEX.TO$3.37B-15%n/a-45%10.88×116.6%
BHP BHP.AX$203B-6%+9%20%3.98×28.3%
Lundin Mining LUN.TO$18.1B-18%+29%21%2.54×30.8%
Marimaca Copper MARI.TO$652M-18%n/a-16%2.46×14.1%
Solaris Resources SLS.TO$1.19B-28%n/an/an/an/a

How NGEx Minerals 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.

NGEx Minerals against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNGEX.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.3%-17.5%3rd highest of 21
6-month return-15.5%-36.5%4th highest of 20
Return on equity-45.3%16.7%lowest of 21
Price / book10.88×2.87×2nd most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies116.6%32.3%2nd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-45.3%14.8%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
NGEx Minerals NGEX.TOCanada$3.37B-15%n/a-45%10.88×116.6%-45.3%
Zhejiang Wazam New Material 603186.SSChina$3.33B+79%+60%44%7.18×96.0%44.0%
Uranium Energy UECUnited States$3.43B-54%-44%-12%2.49×24.6%-11.6%
Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet 000060.SZChina$3.43B-24%+16%7%1.12×11.4%7.3%
Suzhou Kematek 301611.SZChina$3.48B-36%+18%11%14.95×221.3%10.7%
Lygend Resources And Technology 001246.SZChina$3.48Bn/a+28%32%3.34×47.0%32.5%
Hunan Silver 002716.SZChina$3.19B-35%+50%13%5.01×64.8%13.2%
GuoCheng Mining 000688.SZChina$3.57B-60%+193%51%9.44×103.3%51.0%
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten 002378.SZChina$3.18B-48%+105%32%7.31×104.7%31.8%
China Rare Earth Nonferrous Metals 600259.SSChina$3.13B-33%-43%19%4.82×63.4%19.2%
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry 000962.SZChina$3.08B-11%+43%9%4.93×63.1%8.7%
Ero Copper ERO.TOCanada$3.03B+10%+106%35%2.25×23.0%34.8%
Chuangxin Industries 2788.HKHong Kong$3.82B-43%+23%49%2.45×21.9%n/a
North Copper 000737.SZChina$2.97B-28%+54%24%2.40×27.5%23.8%
Chengtun Mining 600711.SSChina$3.84B-39%+28%15%1.40×15.4%14.5%
Zhuzhou Smelter 600961.SSChina$2.85B-33%+23%54%3.25×40.6%53.7%
Chengxin Lithium 002240.SZChina$2.79B-66%+226%10%1.57×22.0%10.0%
Sinomine Resource 002738.SZChina$4.06B-59%+18%15%2.02×27.8%14.8%
Dowa 5714.TJapan$2.78B-22%+29%19%0.95×10.5%18.7%
Shenghe Resources 600392.SSChina$4.09B-40%+34%9%2.13×33.3%9.0%
Western Metal Materials 002149.SZChina$2.76B-41%+3%2%3.60×31.4%2.2%

Questions

Who are NGEx Minerals's main competitors?
Named competitors: BHP (Vicuña JV partner) (BHP.AX), Lundin Mining (LUN.TO), Marimaca Copper (MARI.TO), Solaris Resources (SLS.TO), Hot Chili (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Zhejiang Wazam New Material (603186.SS), Uranium Energy (UEC), Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet (000060.SZ), Suzhou Kematek (301611.SZ), Lygend Resources And Technology (001246.SZ), Hunan Silver (002716.SZ).
Is NGEx Minerals expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 10.88× against a peer median of 2.87×, 2nd most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 116.6%; NGEx Minerals delivers -45.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has NGEx Minerals stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -15.5% against -36.5% for the median peer; over one year -2.7%.

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.