Chart: Gold Stocks - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Gold sector ranged from 96.9% (MDG) down to -26.2% (outlier (GRS) -269%), with the groups's median at 27.1%.

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
ABX	Barrick Gold Corp.	12/31/05	$776.00	$406.00
52.3%
AEM	Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	12/31/05	$75.89	$48.29
63.6%
AGT	Apollo Gold Corp.	12/31/05	$6.99	-$1.09
-15.7%
AU	AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.	12/31/05	$500.56	$478.78
95.6%
AUY	Yamana Gold Inc.	12/31/05	$16.66	$7.24
43.4%
BAA	Banro Corp.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
BGO	Bema Gold Corp.	12/31/05	$37.04	$9.12
24.6%
BMD	Birch Mountain Resources Ltd.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
BVN	Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA	03/31/06	$131.73	$90.25
68.5%
CAU	Canyon Resources Corp.	12/31/05	$1.09	$0.48
44.1%
CBJ	Cambior Inc.	12/31/05	$97.25	$25.98
26.7%
CCJ	Cameco Corp.	03/31/06	$464.55	$205.75
44.3%
CDY	Cardero Resource Corp.	01/31/06	N/A	-$0.03
N/A
CGR	Claude Resources Inc.	12/31/05	$7.77	$2.30
29.5%
DROOY	DRDGOLD Ltd.	12/31/05	$49.63	$9.52
19.2%
EGI	Entree Gold Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	-$2.65
N/A
EGO	Eldorado Gold Corp.	12/31/05	$8.72	-$2.28
-26.2%
FCX	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.	03/31/06	$1086.12	$608.21
56.0%
FNX	FNX Mining Co. Inc.	12/31/05	$22.69	$6.85
30.2%
GBN	Great Basin Gold Ltd.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
GFI	Gold Fields Ltd.	12/31/05	$548.49	$151.00
27.5%
GG	Goldcorp Inc.	12/31/05	$268.28	$177.45
66.1%
GLG	Glamis Gold Ltd.	12/31/05	$70.70	$43.50
61.5%
GOLD	Randgold Resources Ltd.	12/31/05	$60.55	$33.04
54.6%
GRS	Gammon Lake Resources Inc.	09/30/05	$0.03	-$0.09
-269.0%
GRZ	Gold Reserve Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	-$1.27
N/A
GSS	Golden Star Resources Ltd.	12/31/05	$27.26	-$0.33
-1.2%
HMY	Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.	12/31/05	$327.79	$57.08
17.4%
IAG	IAMGOLD Corp.	12/31/05	$39.43	$14.28
36.2%
IMR	IMA Exploration Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	$0.00
N/A
IVN	Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.	12/31/05	-$46.20	-$34.96
N/A
KGC	Kinross Gold Corp.	12/31/05	$190.00	$79.10
41.6%
KRY	Crystallex International Corp.	12/31/05	$6.62	$1.19
17.9%
LIHRY	Lihir Gold Ltd.	12/31/05	$62.59	$34.27
54.8%
MDG	Meridian Gold Inc.	12/31/05	$35.60	$34.50
96.9%
MGN	Mines Management Inc.	12/31/05	$0.00	-$0.02
N/A
MNG	Miramar Mining Corp.	12/31/05	-$0.08	-$0.19
N/A
NAK	Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
NEM	Newmont Mining Corp.	03/31/06	$1148.00	$582.00
50.7%
NG	NovaGold Resources Inc.	11/30/05	$0.82	$0.54
66.0%
NSU	Nevsun Resources Ltd.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
NXG	Northgate Minerals Corp.	03/31/06	$85.06	$36.89
43.4%
OZN	Orezone Resources Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	$0.02
N/A
PMU	Pacific Rim Mining Corp.	01/31/06	$2.65	$1.40
52.7%
QEE	Queenstake Resources Ltd.	12/31/05	$24.25	$4.86
20.0%
RBY	Rubicon Minerals Corp.	12/31/05	N/A	-$0.02
N/A
RGLD	Royal Gold Inc.	12/31/05	$7.58	$6.96
91.8%
RIC	Richmont Mines Inc.	12/31/05	$3.51	$0.22
6.2%
RTP	Rio Tinto plc	12/31/05	$5181.00	$1868.00
36.1%
SA	Seabridge Gold Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
TGB	Taseko Mines Ltd.	12/31/05	$35.33	$7.66
21.7%
TRE	Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp.	02/28/06	N/A	-$0.02
N/A
VGZ	Vista Gold Corp.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A

Data: Capital IQ

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