Newmont key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Newmont had return on equity of 22.2%, a net margin of 31.3%, debt equal to 15.8% of equity and a current ratio of 2.29. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 18.1% | −30.1% | 7.4% | 3.6% | −9.4% | −1.5% | 4.7% | 28.8% | 24.6% | 9.5% | −3.6% | −21.1% | 17.9% | 31.3% | 34.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −8.4% | −4.2% | 5.8% | 13.7% | 24.6% | 17.0% | 11.0% | 14.4% | 31.1% | 21.5% | 9.1% | 0.8% | 15.8% | 32.2% | 37.9% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | −21.3% | 5.0% | 2.0% | −5.7% | −1.1% | 3.2% | 17.6% | 12.7% | 5.2% | −2.1% | −10.3% | 11.4% | 22.2% | 26.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.1% | −9.4% | 2.1% | 0.9% | −2.7% | −0.5% | 1.6% | 9.2% | 7.0% | 2.8% | −1.1% | −5.3% | 6.0% | 12.5% | 16.0% |
| Asset turnover | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.46 |
| Current ratio | 1.89 | 1.78 | 2.47 | 3.52 | 2.67 | 3.62 | 2.95 | 2.63 | 2.52 | 2.90 | 2.23 | 1.25 | 1.63 | 2.29 | 2.45 |
| Debt to equity | 45.7% | 67.4% | 64.7% | 51.7% | 43.0% | 38.4% | 38.5% | 28.8% | 26.4% | 25.9% | 29.1% | 31.7% | 29.4% | 15.8% | 14.9% |
| Effective tax rate | 28.1% | — | 24.8% | — | — | — | 52.3% | 22.5% | 22.4% | 99.1% | — | — | 30.5% | 40.5% | 37.5% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 3.5% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 32.2% | 22.6% | 15.3% | 21.5% | 16.9% | 11.7% | 14.2% | 15.0% | 11.3% | 13.5% | 17.9% | 22.6% | 18.2% | 13.4% | 11.4% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −46.5% | — | 78.3% | 379.1% | — | — | 233.1% | 50.0% | 126.5% | 225.2% | — | — | 88.4% | 103.0% | 109.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 38.6% | — | 22.4% | 23.6% | — | — | 88.3% | 31.7% | 29.5% | 150.7% | — | — | 34.2% | 15.6% | 11.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | 28.6% | 6.2% | 4.1% | 10.7% | 50.2% | 97.5% | 37.8% | 86.9% | 160.3% | >999% | 80.7% | 46.7% | 67.2% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 24.8% | 37.7% | 38.8% | 33.2% | 19.1% | 44.6% | 36.0% | 38.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 28.9% | 24.1% | 32.2% | 28.4% | 41.3% | 43.0% | 36.0% | 30.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.63 | 1.98 | 2.23 | 2.04 | 2.29 | 2.44 | 2.55 | 2.45 |
| Debt to equity | 28.3% | 24.0% | 22.2% | 15.6% | 15.1% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 14.3% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $13.6bn of assets due within a year against $5.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $13.6bn short-term assets against $16.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $8.8bn of cash against $5.1bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 14% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 26% to 14% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $13.1bn of operating cash flow against $5.1bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Newmont's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 4 / 20
Net income has been a median 3.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 5 / 20
Net margin has been a median 16.7%; its worst year was -7.4%.
- Cash conversion 17 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 13.1% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 33.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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