Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Endeavour Silver Corporation (EXK)
Challenging Times; Investment Rating Lowered to Market Perform.
Endeavour Silver Corp is a precious metal mining company. The company is primarily engaged in silver mining and owns three high-grade, underground, silver-gold mines in Mexico. Its other business activities include acquisition, exploration, development, extraction, processing, refining and reclamation.
Mark Reichman, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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- Weaker than expected first quarter. Endeavour reported a first quarter loss of $13.3 million, or ($0.10) per share, compared to earnings of $2.3 million, or $0.02 per share, during the prior year period. We had forecasted a loss of $780 thousand, or ($0.01) per share. The variance to our estimate is attributed to increased costs associated with continued challenges at the Guanacevi mine and underperformance at the Bolanitos and El Compas mines. All-in sustaining costs increased 36.6% due to lower production and higher cash operating costs, inventory write-downs, employee severance payments, exploration and general and administrative expenses.
- Lowering estimates. We now forecast a 2019 loss of ($0.18) per share and EBITDA of $8.6 million, compared to our prior estimates of $0.04 per share and EBITDA of $36.6 million, respectively. Additionally, we have low…
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