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


Information for this briefing was found via Sedar and Refinitiv. The author has no securities or affiliations related to this organization. Not a recommendation to buy or sell. Always do additional research and consult a professional before purchasing a security. The author holds no licenses.

Video Articles

Silver’s Finally Breaking the System | Keith Neumeyer – First Majestic

The Best News for Gold Was the Drop! – Peter Grandich

McEwen Copper: The Los Azules Feasibility Study

Recommended

Silver47 Completes Property-Wide Geochemical, Rock Sampling Program At Adams Plateau, Identifies Numerous Targets

Altamira Gold Identifies Presence Of Second Mineralized Porphyry Body At Cajueiro

Related News

Analysts Anticipate Advanced Micro Devices To Record $3.62 Billion In Q2 Revenues

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) will be reporting their second quarter financial results on July...

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 12:49:00 PM

Rockland Resources Reports Prospective Target Trend At Cole Gold Mines Property

Rockland Resources Ltd. (CSE:RKL) today announced the results of aeromagnetic data analysis at its flagship...

Monday, June 21, 2021, 10:12:00 AM

Midland Discovers New Gold Zone At Samson Project In Fenelon Gold Camp

Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) this morning announced that it has discovered a new gold bearing...

Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 08:48:28 AM

New Found Gold Files To List On The NYSE

In a world filled with no-commission brokerage firms such as Robinhood, it appears everyone wants...

Monday, February 1, 2021, 08:25:05 AM

Fiat Expansion Is Driving Money Into Hard Assets – The Daily Dive feat Florian Grummes

Today on the Daily Dive, host Cassandra Leah sits down with that of Florian Grummes,...

Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 01:30:00 PM