Know Your Stocks - How Expensive is Apex Mining Co. Inc, (APX) fundamentally based from their Dec 2016 Annual Report?

Apex Mining Company, Inc. (APX) was incorporated on February 26, 1970 primarily to carry on the business of mining, milling, concentrating, converting, smelting, treating, preparing for market, manufacturing, buying, selling, exchanging and otherwise producing and dealing in gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc brass, iron, steel and all kinds of ores, metals and minerals. The Company's operation is situated in the municipalities of Maco and Mabini, Compostela Valley.

In February 2012, the Company unveiled Apex 3000, the project which was created to help expand the Company's current processing capacity of 850 tons per day (TPD) to 3,000 TPD by the end of 2013. However, In December 2013, the Board of APX approved a new, more realistic expansion program considering the ore deposit at the underground mines in Maco, Compostela Valley, which will increase the capacity of Maco Mines from 850 TPD to 1,500 TPD. The Company's mine produces bullion containing gold and silver, all of which are smelted in Hongkong through Heraeus Limited.

On September 11, 2014, the Board approved the purchase of Monte Oro Resources & Energy, Inc. (MORE). MORE owns Paracale Gold Ltd. which, through a subsidiary, owns a mineral processing plant in Camarines Norte and 40% of Bulawan Mineral Resources Corporation; among others.

On June 24, 2015, the Company acquired 98% of the total outstanding capital stock of Itogon-Suyoc Resources (ISRI). ISRI is a holder of four Patented Mineral Claims and owns the mill and production facilities in Sangilo. Itogon, Benguet.

As of May 03, 2017, APX was last traded price at PHP 1.88, one of the top gainers with an 18.24% increase from the last traded price. The current market price is 2.44 times higher compare to their recorded book last December 2016. Not yet expensive for most value investor since a PBV of more than 3 is considered expensive.

In terms of P/E, the company recorded a trailing P/E of 31.33 meaning, for every 1PHP earning last 2016, investors of this company are willing or is paying 31.33Php. With a 31.33 P/E and with growth rate of 500% from 2015 to 2016, the company trailing PEG ratio would only be 0.06 which means, investors of this company are paying 31.33Php for every 1Php income last 2016 for a 500% growth rate from 2015 to 2016, quite a bargain if based on this parameter. A fair valued stock usually has PEG ratio of 1 meaning, what you are paying for that earning- the P/E is equivalent to the growth rate- increase in EPS.

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