Kirkland Lake Gold Sees BMO Capital Markets Raise Price Target To $100

Last week, Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL) gold released its third quarter results. The company reported an adjusted earnings per share of $0.91 and revenue of $632.8 million, which was up 66% year over year. Quarterly gold production was 339,584 ounces, up 37% year over year and 3% higher than last quarter.

BMO Capital Market’s analyst Brian Quast upgraded their 12-month price target to C$100 from C$97 while reiterating their outperform rating on the company. Quast headlines, “In-Line Q3/20 Earnings; Even Stronger Balance Sheet.”

The $0.91 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) was slightly below BMO’s estimate of $0.95. Quast says that the production number of 339.6 thousand ounces was lower due to Macassa producing only 38 thousand ounces. This is because of “record heat and continued COVID-19 safety procedures, which caused both lower grades and tonnes processed.” The lower production at Macassa was partially offset by the higher than expected production at Fosterville.

Kirkland’s all-in sustaining cost of $886/ounce and cash costs of $406/ounce beat BMO’s estimates of $914/ounce and $488/ounce, respectively. Quast says that “lower ounces and operational issues at Macassa resulted in higher costs per ounce, coming in 13.4% above BMO’s estimates,” but Fosterville and Detour Lake beat all-in sustaining cost estimates by 12.2% and 8.9%, respectively.

Quast then talks about their balance sheet as he says, “Kirkland Lake’s already-solid balance sheet was strengthen by cash flow from operations of $431M during the quarter.”

Below you can see BMO’s estimate changes for full year 2020 and 2021


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