Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. KGC scored 68.2, AYA scored 70.4 — AYA leads.
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Different reporting periods. AYA's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but KGC's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
KGC
Kinross Gold Corporation
Gold · Quality-Growth
68.2
$23.74 · $28.2B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.2
AYA leads
AYA
Aya Gold & Silver Inc.
Silver · Quality-Growth
70.4
$27.42 · $3.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKGC8.9x
Fastest growthAYA+416.7%
Strongest balance sheetKGC0.08
Highest qualityAYA93 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKGC-13%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
KGC
stronger →← stronger
AYA
91
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
93
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
70
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
75
AYA is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
KGC
AYA
$2.6bB
FCF
$88mC-
+36.9%A
Rev
+416.7%A
0.08A-
D/E
0.17B+
8.9xA-
P/E
35.6xC
1.12B+
PEG
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Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
KGC
AYA
13% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
199% above
~5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~47%/yr
+4%
1-yr DCF upside
-74%
+15%
5-yr DCF upside
-67%
+32%
10-yr DCF upside
-53%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
KGC
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
AYA
Why this score
Cyclical growth
Short track record
The companies
KGCKinross Gold Corporation
Gold · $23.74 · beta 1.52
Why now
Gold · market cap $28.2b. Down 39% from 52-week high of $39.11 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +37% — in hypergrowth territory. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $33.85 (implying +43% upside).
Moat
Net margin 35% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 28% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 104% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 39% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.52 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Reserve-replacement treadmill — every barrel or ounce extracted has to be replaced through exploration or acquisition; underspending on replacement reserves shows up in production declines 2-3 years out.
AYAAya Gold & Silver Inc.
Silver · $27.42 · beta 1.68
Why now
Silver · market cap $3.9b. 11% off the 52-week high of $30.67. Revenue growing +417% — in hypergrowth territory.
Moat
Net margin 33% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 26% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Beta 1.68 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 36x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 11.5x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where KGC and AYA diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.2 points in favor of AYA. The widest single difference is Value, where AYA leads by 5.4 points.
ValueKGC 70.0 · AYA 75.4AYA +5.4
QualityKGC 90.7 · AYA 92.6level
GrowthKGC 50.0 · AYA 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is AYA or KGC the better stock?
AYA scores higher: AYA 70.4, KGC 68.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do AYA and KGC differ most?
The widest gap is value, where AYA leads by 5 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. The other two pillars are close enough to call level, so this is the one place they genuinely separate.
How are AYA and KGC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.