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Barrick Mining Maintained at Buy at Stifel Canada After Q1 Results; Price Target Kept at C$95.00

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Stifel Canada on Tuesday maintained its buy rating on the shares of Barrick Mining (ABX.TO, B) and its C$95.00 price target following the company's first-quarter results.

"Barrick reported stronger Q1/26 adjusted EPS of $0.98 vs. our $0.75 (consensus $0.81) and adjusted EBITDA of $3.93Bln vs. our $3.38Bln (consensus: $3.26Bln) on attributable gold production of 719Koz vs. our 658Koz and higher vs. Q1/26 guidance of 640-680Koz as well as copper production of 49Kt vs. our 42Kt. Q1/26 total cash cost (TCC) of $1,327/oz vs. our $1,453/oz and AISC of $1,708/oz vs. our $1,904/oz are both tracking at the low-end and below FY26 guidance and Q1/26 consolidated FCF of $1.58Bln vs our $1.14Bln (+38% QoQ) results in FCF/GEO of $1,750 FCF/GEO (+35% QoQ). Barrick reiterated FY26 guidance (incl Q2/26 gold production of 730-770Koz or +4.3% QoQ) and sequential growth through H2/26 driven by the Loulo-Gounkoto ramp-up, Goldrush, Kibali, and NGM. A new $3.0Bln NCIB was authorized over 12 months. We estimate at spot gold and copper prices, the NCIB is 2.0% accretive to our Barrick NAVPS," analyst Ralph Profiti wrote.

Price: $61.81, Change: $-2.59, Percent Change: -4.02%

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