Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) is a publicly traded company in the Basic Materials — Gold industry listed on NYSE. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Kinross Gold Corporation, along with its various affiliates, is dedicated to acquiring, exploring, and developing gold deposits primarily across regions such as the United States, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, and Mauritania. Beyond these core operations, the company also handles the mining and processing of gold-bearing ores, conducts rehabilitation of former gold mining sites, and produces and sells silver.
Is Kinross Gold Corporation stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) trades at 8.3× earnings (P/E), against a median of 18.8× across the 156 materials companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (8.3) does not tell whether it is cheap.
Kaplio overview: Kinross Gold Corporation
Market cap $26B · 52 weeks $22 – $38 (43 % below the high) · P/E 8.3× · 2027 expected P/E 8.1× · Dividend 0.67 % · Next earnings February 17, 2027 · expected EPS $0.53 · Closing price, Oct 29 · accounts published Oct 28.
- Valuation: P/E 8.3× (no verdict).
- Business: ROIC 25 % (fair).
- Balance sheet: Net cash/EBITDA 0.2× (solid).
- Earnings: 7 of 8 (on track).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
No valuation verdict: it is a cyclical and today's P/E (8.3) does not tell whether it is cheap.
In cyclicals the P/E misleads; on its average earnings over 10 years it trades at 45.9 times.
What matters in materials: 7 of 8 pass
- P/B across cycles 2.8×, fails.
- FCF yield 11.7 %, passes.
- Gross margin 47.5 %, passes.
- Net debt / EBITDA (trough) −0.2×, passes.
- Dividend coverage 16.9×, passes.
- Capex / D&A 1.1×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 6.5, passes.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 4.6×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Kinross Gold Corporation: P/E 8.3×; EV/EBITDA 4.6×; ROIC 25.2 %; $25.6B. Gold Fields Limited (P/E 7.2×; EV/EBITDA 4.4×; ROIC 29.0 %; $31.3B), AngloGold Ashanti Plc (P/E 11.4×; EV/EBITDA 5.4×; ROIC 31.3 %; $43.0B), Alamos Gold Inc. (P/E 10.4×; EV/EBITDA 7.1×; ROIC 14.3 %; $12.1B).
Dividend
tight (only raised recently) · Yield 0.67 % ($0.12 per ADS in 2025) · Years raising it 1 · paying since 2020 · 5-year growth +16 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 10.0× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $6.70 a year ($0.56 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 35.75% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 25.23% |
| Return on Assets | 23.22% |
| Gross Margin | 53.62% |
| Operating Margin | 50.05% |
| Net Margin | 37.57% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.08 |
| Current Ratio | 2.89 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 9 |
| Altman Z-Score | 6.47 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | -10.30% |
| 3 months | -6.49% |
| Year-to-date | -23.30% |
| 1 year | -9.40% |
| 3 years | +314.59% |
| 5 years | +259.40% |
| 10 years | +445.45% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $0.1550 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | $0.0400 |
| 2026-05-21 | $0.0400 |
| 2026-03-11 | $0.0400 |
| 2025-11-26 | $0.0350 |
| 2025-08-21 | $0.0300 |
| 2025-05-29 | $0.0300 |
| 2025-03-05 | $0.0300 |
| 2024-11-27 | $0.0300 |
| 2024-08-22 | $0.0300 |
| 2024-05-30 | $0.0300 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
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Explore sector: Basic Materials · Gold
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