OR Royalties (TSX:OR) just renewed its normal course issuer bid, giving management the green light to buy back and cancel up to 5% of its shares, which can be interpreted as a signal of confidence in the business.
See our latest analysis for OR Royalties.
That buyback renewal comes after a powerful run, with the share price at $48.08 and a year to date share price return of 79.07%. The five year total shareholder return of 240.67% shows longer term momentum has been firmly building rather than fading.
If this kind of shareholder friendly story has your attention, it could be a good time to see what else is out there with fast growing stocks with high insider ownership.
But with the shares already up sharply and trading at a discount to analyst targets yet a premium to some valuation models, is OR Royalties still attractive today or is the market already pricing in years of growth?
On a price-to-earnings basis, OR Royalties looks richly valued at CA$48.08, suggesting investors are paying a steep premium versus peers and implied fair levels.
The price-to-earnings multiple compares the current share price to the company’s earnings per share, giving a snapshot of how much investors are willing to pay for each dollar of profit. For a royalty and streaming business like OR Royalties, which converts mine production into relatively high margin cash flows, this ratio is a common way to gauge how excited the market is about its earnings power.
At 44.2 times earnings, the stock trades at roughly double both its estimated fair price-to-earnings ratio of 22 times and the wider Canadian Metals and Mining industry average of 21.1 times. This signals the market is pricing in a much stronger earnings trajectory than either the fair ratio model or peer group suggests. If sentiment cools or growth expectations moderate, that gap gives plenty of room for the multiple to drift back toward those lower levels.
Compared with the peer average price-to-earnings of 22.3 times, OR Royalties’ 44.2 times stands out as aggressively priced. This underscores how much more investors are currently prepared to pay for its profit stream than for similar companies, and how far the valuation could compress if that enthusiasm fades.
Explore the SWS fair ratio for OR Royalties
Result: Price-to-Earnings of 44.2x (OVERVALUED)
However, investors should still weigh risks like commodity price volatility and project setbacks, which could pressure cash flows and challenge today’s optimistic valuation.
Find out about the key risks to this OR Royalties narrative.
Our DCF model paints a cooler picture, pointing to a fair value of about CA$38.46, meaning OR Royalties looks roughly 25% overvalued at today’s CA$48.08 price. If cash flows fall short of expectations, that premium could leave late buyers exposed.
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