• Wondering if Newmont at around US$109.50 is priced for opportunity or already reflects the story? This article breaks down what that current tag might really mean for you.
• The stock has been through a mixed short term patch, with the share price down 1.9% over the last week, roughly flat over the past month with a 0.8% gain, yet up 8.2% year to date and 100.0% over the last year. The 3 year and 5 year returns sit at 178.6% and 81.0% respectively.
• Recent coverage on Newmont has focused on its position in the metals and mining sector and how investors are reacting to changing expectations for the gold price and capital allocation across projects. These themes help frame why sentiment around the stock has shifted over different timeframes and create a basis to test whether the current price still lines up with fundamentals.
• Simply Wall St gives Newmont a valuation score of 5/6, based on how it screens across six separate undervaluation checks. The next sections will break this down using common methods like DCFs and multiples, while also pointing to a more complete way to think about value later in the article.

Approach 1: Newmont Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis

A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model projects a company’s future cash flows and then discounts them back to today’s dollars to estimate what the business might be worth right now.

For Newmont, the latest twelve month Free Cash Flow sits at around $8.11b. The model used here is a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach that relies on analyst estimates for the next few years, then extends those out. For example, Simply Wall St uses analyst and extrapolated projections that reach $9.57b of Free Cash Flow by 2030, with interim years such as 2026 and 2027 projected at $10.56b and $12.27b respectively, all in $ and adjusted back to today’s value.

Adding up these discounted cash flows and a terminal value results in an estimated intrinsic value of about $146.25 per share for Newmont. Against a recent share price around $109.50, the DCF output suggests the stock trades at roughly a 25.1% discount. This points to potential undervaluation based on this model alone.

Result: UNDERVALUED

Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Newmont is undervalued by 25.1%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio, or discover 47 more high quality undervalued stocks.

Approach 2: Newmont Price vs Earnings

For a profitable company like Newmont, the P/E ratio is a useful quick check because it links what you pay per share to the earnings the business is already generating. Investors usually accept a higher P/E when they expect stronger earnings growth or see lower risk, and look for a lower P/E when growth expectations are more muted or risks feel higher.

Newmont currently trades on a P/E of about 13.8x. That sits below both the Metals and Mining industry average P/E of around 21.8x and a peer average of roughly 21.1x. To move beyond simple comparisons, Simply Wall St also calculates a proprietary “Fair Ratio” for Newmont of about 28.0x.

This Fair Ratio is designed to be a more tailored benchmark than peers or industry averages alone because it weighs factors like Newmont’s earnings growth profile, profit margins, size and risk characteristics within its industry. Comparing the current P/E of 13.8x to this Fair Ratio of 28.0x suggests the stock is trading at a discount on this measure.

Result: UNDERVALUED

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Upgrade Your Decision Making: Choose your Newmont Narrative

Earlier it was mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation, so Narratives on Simply Wall St’s Community page let you turn your view of Newmont’s story into numbers by linking your assumptions about future revenue, earnings and margins to a Fair Value that you can compare with today’s price, update automatically as new news or results arrive, and even see side by side with other investors’ views, such as a more cautious Narrative that anchors around a Fair Value near US$95.85 and a more optimistic Narrative that works with a Fair Value closer to US$177, so you can judge for yourself where you sit on that spectrum and whether the stock looks closer to a buy, a hold or a sell for your own portfolio.

For Newmont, here are previews of two leading Newmont Narratives to make comparison easier:

Fair value in this Narrative: about US$110.65 per share.

Implied discount to this fair value at around US$109.50: roughly 1.0%.

Revenue growth assumption in this Narrative: about 7.91% a year.

• Analysts working with this view see Newmont as roughly fairly priced against their fair value of about US$110.65, with revenue modeled to grow and margins staying high over time.
• The storyline leans on ongoing demand for gold, integration of acquired assets, operational efficiency work and ESG spending to support earnings and cash flow.
• Key risks in this Narrative include safety incidents, lower grade ore at several large sites, rising capital needs, reliance on divestments and leadership changes that could affect execution.

Fair value in this Narrative: about US$95.85 per share.

Implied premium to this fair value at around US$109.50: roughly 14.3%.

Revenue change assumption in this Narrative: revenue is modeled to decline about 3.98% a year.

• Analysts behind this view see Newmont trading above their fair value, with the current price sitting above a bearish target near US$95.85.
• The storyline leans on softer long term demand for gold, higher operating and compliance costs and pressure from depleting higher grade reserves.
• This Narrative still allows for solid earnings and buybacks, but treats cost inflation, regulation and execution as key reasons the stock could be priced ahead of itself.

If you want to see how your own expectations compare with both of these setups and where other investors sit between them, See what the community is saying about Newmont.

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.