NEM · Materials(gold and silver ores) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Newmont Corp reported revenue of $22.7 billion in fiscal 2025, after growing 14.5% a year over the previous 9 years. Its operating margin widened from -3.3% in 2016 to 50.0%, and it earned 17.3% on its invested capital in the latest year. Of the $41.4 billion its operations generated over 10 years, 45.1% went back into the business and 22.7% to dividends; the share count rose 108.3%. On the accounting screens, it passes 8 of 8 Piotroski tests and its Altman Z'' of 3.92 is in the safe zone; none of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 202522.7B+14.5% a year over 9 years
Operating margin50.0%gross margin —
Return on invested capital17.3%3.4% on average over 5 years
Free cash flow after stock pay7.2B31.8% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDANet cash2.5B more cash than debt
Piotroski F-score8/8tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
-10.0B010.0B20.0B30.0B
2016Revenue 6.7BOperating income -220.0M
2017Revenue 7.4BOperating income 1.1B
2018Revenue 7.3BOperating income 738.0M
2019Revenue 9.7BOperating income 3.7B
2020Revenue 11.5BOperating income 3.1B
2021Revenue 12.2BOperating income 1.1B
2022Revenue 11.9BOperating income -51.0M
2023Revenue 11.8BOperating income -2.0B
2024Revenue 18.7BOperating income 4.6B
2025Revenue 22.7BOperating income 11.3B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+23.9%
+14.5%
+14.5%
Operating income
—
+29.3%
—
Net income
—
+20.2%
—
Earnings per share
—
+12.7%
—
Free cash flow per share
+68.8%
+8.2%
+8.7%
Dividend per share
-23.1%
-0.7%
+25.9%
Shares
+11.7%
+6.6%
+8.5%
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow
-40.0%-20.0%0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%
2016Operating -3.3%Net -9.4%Free cash flow 24.7%
2017Operating 14.5%Net -1.5%Free cash flow 17.0%
2018Operating 10.2%Net 4.7%Free cash flow 11.0%
2019Operating 37.9%Net 28.8%Free cash flow 14.4%
2020Operating 27.3%Net 24.6%Free cash flow 31.1%
2021Operating 9.1%Net 9.5%Free cash flow 21.5%
2022Operating -0.4%Net -3.6%Free cash flow 9.1%
2023Operating -17.2%Net -21.1%Free cash flow 0.8%
2024Operating 24.5%Net 17.9%Free cash flow 15.8%
2025Operating 50.0%Net 31.3%Free cash flow 32.2%
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on invested capital
Return on invested capitalCost of capital today · 9.4%
-10.0%0.0%10.0%20.0%
2016Return on invested capital -5.2%
2017Return on invested capital -0.4%
2018Return on invested capital 2.4%
2019Return on invested capital 10.4%
2020Return on invested capital 8.4%
2021Return on invested capital 0.0%
2022Return on invested capital -2.0%
2023Return on invested capital -6.7%
2024Return on invested capital 8.3%
2025Return on invested capital 17.3%
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Economic profit
Economic profit
-7.5B-5.0B-2.5B02.5B5.0B
2016Economic profit -2.2B
2017Economic profit -1.4B
2018Economic profit -1.0B
2019Economic profit 266.7M
2020Economic profit -294.7M
2021Economic profit -2.6B
2022Economic profit -2.9B
2023Economic profit -6.1B
2024Economic profit -435.3M
2025Economic profit 3.1B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
(return on capital − cost of capital) × capital invested: the profit left after paying for the money used. Today's cost of capital is applied to every year, since a past one cannot be rebuilt honestly.
Return on equity
20.9%
Return on assets
12.4%
Asset turnover
0.40×
Research & development
0.7% of revenue
Overheads (SG&A)
1.7% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
-2.5B02.5B5.0B7.5B
2016Net income -629.0MFree cash flow 1.7BAfter stock-based pay 1.6B
2017Net income -114.0MFree cash flow 1.3BAfter stock-based pay 1.2B
2018Net income 341.0MFree cash flow 795.0MAfter stock-based pay 719.0M
2019Net income 2.8BFree cash flow 1.4BAfter stock-based pay 1.3B
2020Net income 2.8BFree cash flow 3.6BAfter stock-based pay 3.5B
2021Net income 1.2BFree cash flow 2.6BAfter stock-based pay 2.6B
2022Net income -429.0MFree cash flow 1.1BAfter stock-based pay 1.0B
2023Net income -2.5BFree cash flow 97.0MAfter stock-based pay 17.0M
2024Net income 3.3BFree cash flow 3.0BAfter stock-based pay 2.9B
2025Net income 7.1BFree cash flow 7.3BAfter stock-based pay 7.2B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2016–2025
41.4B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 45%18.7B
Acquisitions 3%1.3B
Dividends 23%9.4B
Share buybacks 12%5.2B
Kept, or used to pay down debt 17%6.9B
Over the same years it paid 837.0M in stock. The share count rose 108.3%. 4.3B of the buybacks went beyond offsetting that dilution.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
$-5.00$-2.50$0.00$2.50$5.00$7.50
2016Earnings per share $-1.18Free cash flow per share $3.11Dividend per share $0.13
2017Earnings per share $-0.21Free cash flow per share $2.35Dividend per share $0.25
2018Earnings per share $0.64Free cash flow per share $1.49Dividend per share $0.56
2019Earnings per share $3.81Free cash flow per share $1.90Dividend per share $1.21
2020Earnings per share $3.51Free cash flow per share $4.44Dividend per share $1.03
2021Earnings per share $1.46Free cash flow per share $3.28Dividend per share $2.19
2022Earnings per share $-0.54Free cash flow per share $1.37Dividend per share $2.20
2023Earnings per share $-2.97Free cash flow per share $0.12Dividend per share $1.68
2024Earnings per share $2.92Free cash flow per share $2.58Dividend per share $1.00
2025Earnings per share $6.39Free cash flow per share $6.59Dividend per share $1.00
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
400.0M600.0M800.0M1.0B1.2B
2016Diluted shares 532.0M
2017Diluted shares 535.0M
2018Diluted shares 535.0M
2019Diluted shares 737.0M
2020Diluted shares 806.0M
2021Diluted shares 801.0M
2022Diluted shares 795.0M
2023Diluted shares 841.0M
2024Diluted shares 1.1B
2025Diluted shares 1.1B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
How strong is the balance sheet?
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
-5.0B-2.5B02.5B5.0B7.5B
2016Net debt 1.9B
2017Net debt 785.0M
2018Net debt 647.0M
2019Net debt 3.9B
2020Net debt 491.0M
2021Net debt 660.0M
2022Net debt 2.7B
2023Net debt 5.9B
2024Net debt 4.9B
2025Net debt -2.5B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
-0.2×
Interest coverage
— operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
2.29 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
— collects in 17d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
8of 8 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✓Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforepassed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
✓Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fellpassed
✓More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforepassed
✓No new sharesShare count did not growpassed
–Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year before — not reportedno data
✓Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforepassed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
3.92safe zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.13 × 6.56+0.84
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.06 × 3.26+0.20
Operating income ÷ assets 0.20 × 6.72+1.33
Equity ÷ liabilities 1.47 × 1.05+1.54
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
The accounts lack too many of the lines it needs.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
None of the six cross-checks fires for the latest year: receivables and inventory move with revenue, profit turns into cash, investment keeps up with depreciation, the tax rate is ordinary and debt is moderate.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
Value per share, with these assumptions$45.74discounted at 9.4% a year · 56% of it from after year 10
Type a share price on the left to ask the reverse questions: what growth, what margin or what discount rate that price implies.
What the value implies, in the usual multiples
At this model's value
Price ÷ earnings
7.2×
Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA
3.5×
Enterprise value ÷ revenue
2.1×
Free cash flow yield
14.2%
From cash flows to a value per share
10 years of cash flow, today21.1B
Everything after, today27.1B
The whole business48.1B
Plus net cash2.5B
What belongs to shareholders50.7B
Divided among 1.1B shares: <strong>$45.74</strong> each.
The projection next to its history
Reported free cash flow after stock pay, then the model's. A projection that looks nothing like the past needs a reason.
ReportedProjected
02.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B
2016Reported 1.6B
2017Reported 1.2B
2018Reported 719.0M
2019Reported 1.3B
2020Reported 3.5B
2021Reported 2.6B
2022Reported 1.0B
2023Reported 17.0M
2024Reported 2.9B
2025Reported 7.2B
2026Projected 2.3B
2027Projected 2.6B
2028Projected 2.9B
2029Projected 3.2B
2030Projected 3.5B
2031Projected 3.8B
2032Projected 4.0B
2033Projected 4.2B
2034Projected 4.4B
2035Projected 4.5B
2016201820202022202420262028203020322034
Year by year
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
Revenue
26.0B
29.4B
32.8B
36.3B
39.6B
42.7B
45.5B
47.9B
49.7B
50.9B
Growth
14.5%
13.2%
11.8%
10.5%
9.2%
7.8%
6.5%
5.2%
3.8%
2.5%
Cash margin
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
Free cash flow
2.3B
2.6B
2.9B
3.2B
3.5B
3.8B
4.0B
4.2B
4.4B
4.5B
Worth today
2.1B
2.2B
2.2B
2.2B
2.2B
2.2B
2.1B
2.1B
1.9B
1.8B
If the least-known inputs move
Value per share as two inputs change at a time. Neighbouring cells that differ a lot are the conclusion: the value depends on numbers nobody knows to a point.
The discount rate and growth forever
discount ↓ · forever →
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
8.4%
47
50
54
58
63
8.9%
44
47
49
53
57
9.4%
41
43
46
49
52
9.9%
39
41
43
45
48
10.4%
36
38
40
42
44
Year-one growth and the final margin
margin ↓ · growth →
10.5%
12.5%
14.5%
16.5%
18.5%
7.0%
34
36
39
42
45
7.9%
36
39
42
46
49
8.8%
39
42
46
49
53
9.7%
42
46
49
53
57
10.6%
45
49
53
57
61
All the inputs moving at once
5,000 valuations, each with growth, final margin, discount rate and growth forever drawn at random around the values on the left (spreads of 3.0%, 2.0%, 1.0% and 0.5%). Not a probability — the spreads are assumptions too — but an honest picture of how wide the answer is.
10th percentile$32.89
Median$45.81
90th percentile$64.11
$40.00$60.00$80.00
Half of the simulations land between <b>$38.52</b> and <b>$54.51</b>; one in ten below $32.89, one in ten above $64.11.
Does the long run make sense?
2.1×The terminal value prices the business in year 10 at 2.1 times that year's EBITDA.
3%To grow 2.5% forever while reinvesting 73% of its after-tax operating profit, the business must earn 3% on the new capital — it has earned 3% on average over the last five years.
56%of the value comes from after year 10. The more of it, the more the answer depends on the part nobody can see.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.