Assessing Aura Minerals (NasdaqGS:AUGO) Valuation After Record Production And Reaffirmed Buy Rating

Aura Minerals (AUGO) is back in focus after reporting record preliminary Q4 and full year 2025 production, with output in the quarter up 23% year over year and supported by firm conditions in the gold sector.

See our latest analysis for Aura Minerals.

Despite the latest production update, Aura Minerals’ share price has been volatile, with a 1-day share price return of a 3.8% decline and a 7-day share price return of an 11% decline. This is set against a 30-day share price return of 22.54% and a 90-day share price return of 94.2%, while the 1-year total shareholder return is very large, suggesting momentum has built quickly from a low base.

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With Aura trading near recent highs, along with only a small discount to the latest analyst target and a very large 1 year return, you have to ask: is there still a buying opportunity here, or is future growth already priced in?

Most Popular Narrative: 36.5% Overvalued

At a last close of $61.27 versus a narrative fair value of $44.88, Aura Minerals is framed as richly priced, with a lot already reflected in the stock.

The analysts have a consensus price target of $44.88 for Aura Minerals based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of $52.8, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just $34.2.

Read the complete narrative.

Analysts are incorporating expectations of fast revenue growth, a swing from losses to sizeable profits, and a future earnings multiple below many peers. Curious what has to happen for that to hold up?

Result: Fair Value of $44.88 (OVERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, there is still a chance that a successful ramp up at Borborema and higher liquidity from the Nasdaq listing will challenge the idea that the shares are fully priced.

Find out about the key risks to this Aura Minerals narrative.

Another View: Cash Flows Tell a Different Story

Analysts see Aura Minerals as 36.5% overvalued at a fair value of $44.88, yet our DCF model points in the opposite direction, with a future cash flow value of $149.38, suggesting the shares trade at a steep discount. When two methods disagree this much, which one do you lean on?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

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Build Your Own Aura Minerals Narrative

If you look at these numbers and reach a different conclusion, or simply prefer to test your own assumptions, you can build a custom view in just a few minutes using Do it your way.

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