Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN) Key Metrics
BVN valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $7.73B
- Enterprise value
- $7.89B
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.9 10-yr median 9.0
- Forward P/E
- 36.5
- PEG ratio
- 1.11
- Price / sales
- 3.5 10-yr median 3.4
- Price / book
- 2.1 10-yr median 1.2
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.0 10-yr median 11.3
- Dividend yield
- 3.74% $1.14 a year
- Beta
- 0.42
BVN key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsBVN valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
BVN returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
BVN per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
BVN financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
BVN efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
BVN valuation history
BVN returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
BVN debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
BVN cash returned to shareholders
BVN price vs earnings per share
BVN key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $7.07B | $2.93B | $3.87B | $1.89B | $1.86B | $3.10B | $3.84B | $5.68B | $3.58B | $2.87B |
| Enterprise value | $7.25B | $3.07B | $4.36B | $2.38B | $2.43B | $3.43B | $3.99B | $5.94B | $4.01B | $3.39B |
| P/E ratio | 9.0 | 7.3 | 195.0 | 3.1 | — | — | — | — | 58.8 | — |
| Price / sales | 4.1 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Price / book | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Price / free cash flow | 67.3 | 19.7 | — | — | — | 43.8 | — | 24.2 | — | 116.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 12.2 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 45.4 | — | 21.8 | 81.5 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 7.3 |
| EV / sales | 4.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.2 | 5.0 | 25.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 20.8 | 25.6 | 18.5 | 11.8 | 10.8 |
| EV / free cash flow | 69.1 | 20.7 | — | — | — | 48.6 | — | 25.3 | — | 138.2 |
| Earnings yield | 11.1% | 13.8% | 0.5% | 31.8% | −14.2% | −4.4% | −0.3% | −0.1% | 1.7% | −11.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | 1.5% | 5.1% | −0.3% | −5.8% | −15.5% | 2.3% | −2.7% | 4.1% | −1.3% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $27.83 | $11.52 | $15.24 | $7.45 | $7.32 | $12.19 | $15.10 | $16.22 | $14.08 | $11.28 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $6.82 | $4.55 | $3.24 | $3.25 | $3.55 | $2.66 | $3.42 | $3.33 | $5.02 | $4.21 |
| Earnings per share | $3.08 | $1.59 | $0.08 | $2.37 | −$1.04 | −$0.53 | −$0.05 | −$0.01 | $0.24 | −$1.27 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $2.29 | $1.91 | $0.89 | $0.16 | −$0.78 | $0.56 | $0.19 | $0.99 | $0.84 | $1.54 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.41 | $0.58 | −$0.05 | −$0.43 | −$1.13 | $0.28 | −$0.40 | $0.67 | −$0.19 | $0.10 |
| Cash per share | $2.09 | $1.88 | $0.87 | $1.00 | $1.48 | $0.93 | $0.83 | $1.05 | $0.84 | $0.32 |
| Book value per share | $15.99 | $13.35 | $12.48 | $12.45 | $9.99 | $10.34 | $11.69 | $8.65 | $12.06 | $11.99 |
| Tangible book value per share | $15.74 | $13.12 | $12.24 | $12.38 | $9.91 | $10.26 | $11.61 | $8.58 | $10.76 | $11.95 |
| Dividends per share | $0.44 | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.09 | $0.07 | $0.09 | $0.03 |
| Capex per share | $1.87 | $1.33 | $0.94 | $0.60 | $0.35 | $0.28 | $0.40 | $0.32 | $1.02 | $1.44 |
| Debt per share | $2.79 | $2.47 | $2.78 | $2.91 | $3.73 | $2.25 | $1.42 | $1.82 | $2.54 | $2.39 |
| Shares outstanding | 254.0M | 254.0M | 254.0M | 254.0M | 254.0M | 254.0M | 254.0M | 350.1M | 254.0M | 254.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.0% | +0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | −27.4% | +37.8% | −0.1% | 0.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 21.0% | 12.3% | 0.6% | 21.1% | −10.2% | −4.9% | −0.4% | −0.1% | 2.0% | −10.0% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 12.4% | 9.0% | 0.3% | −1.2% | −2.2% | −2.1% | −1.3% | 0.8% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 14.1% | 8.4% | 0.4% | 13.3% | −6.2% | −3.4% | −0.3% | −0.1% | 1.4% | −7.3% |
| Return on tangible assets | 13.1% | 8.1% | 0.4% | 13.4% | −5.8% | −3.4% | −0.3% | −0.1% | 1.5% | −7.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.1% | 12.8% | −1.4% | −13.4% | −31.9% | 10.4% | −11.7% | 20.1% | −3.7% | 2.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 0.74 | 1.21 | 11.44 | 0.07 | — | — | — | — | 3.50 | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $709.7M | $626.8M | $706.6M | $738.5M | $946.3M | $572.4M | $361.0M | $635.9M | $645.3M | $607.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $529.8M | $478.4M | $219.8M | $253.9M | $377.0M | $235.4M | $210.0M | $369.2M | $214.6M | $80.5M |
| Net debt | $179.8M | $148.3M | $486.8M | $484.6M | $569.3M | $336.9M | $150.9M | $266.7M | $430.8M | $526.7M |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 |
| Debt / assets | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.15 | 0.24 | 2.80 | 1.38 | 1.62 | 2.04 | 0.97 | 0.83 | 1.27 | 1.68 |
| Current ratio | 2.01 | 1.75 | 1.31 | 1.63 | 0.88 | 1.63 | 1.15 | 1.91 | 1.35 | 1.13 |
| Quick ratio | 1.87 | 1.58 | 1.14 | 1.40 | 0.77 | 1.42 | 0.97 | 1.57 | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Interest coverage | 9.5 | 9.6 | 0.5 | -0.8 | -1.5 | -3.3 | -1.8 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| Working capital | $580.5M | $358.6M | $136.2M | $240.8M | −$105.4M | $228.7M | $83.3M | $362.0M | $180.7M | $56.8M |
| Invested capital | $4.24B | $3.54B | $3.66B | $3.65B | $3.11B | $2.96B | $3.12B | $3.30B | $3.49B | $3.57B |
| Tangible asset value | $4.20B | $3.50B | $3.11B | $3.14B | $2.52B | $2.78B | $2.95B | $3.00B | $2.73B | $3.04B |
| Net current asset value | −$598.9M | −$649.8M | −$786.8M | −$719.9M | −$1.28B | −$590.6M | −$490.5M | −$426.5M | −$567.3M | −$717.3M |
| Graham number | $33.29 | $21.82 | $4.68 | $25.78 | — | — | — | — | $8.06 | — |
| Graham net-net per share | −$3.11 | −$3.05 | −$3.60 | −$3.37 | −$5.56 | −$2.83 | −$2.52 | −$1.64 | −$2.92 | −$3.39 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $111.6M | $18.4M | $18.5M | $18.5M | $18.5M | $18.5M | $22.1M | $22.8M | $22.2M | $7.6M |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $622,606 | $1.2M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 14.3% | 4.6% | 93.4% | 3.1% | — | — | — | — | 36.4% | — |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 106.4% | 12.4% | — | — | — | 26.3% | — | 9.7% | — | 35.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 27.5% | 29.2% | 29.0% | 18.4% | 10.0% | 10.5% | 11.7% | 9.5% | 20.4% | 34.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 81.9% | 69.5% | 105.1% | 364.7% | — | 50.2% | 216.5% | 32.1% | 122.1% | 93.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 3.22 | 2.03 | 1.18 | 0.86 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 26.64 | 0.43 | 1.19 | 1.86 |
| R&D / revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A / revenue | 5.5% | 7.4% | 8.8% | 10.3% | 9.9% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 9.1% | 8.5% | 7.6% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 83.3 | 81.6 | 112.0 | 111.9 | 102.7 | 153.8 | 116.9 | 88.5 | 88.7 | 94.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 30.6 | 48.2 | 41.1 | 41.7 | 36.7 | 49.0 | 79.6 | 49.8 | 47.1 | 47.5 |
| Days payables outstanding | 126.5 | 181.6 | 134.9 | 121.3 | 102.3 | 101.3 | 120.6 | 78.2 | 94.4 | 111.1 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | -12.7 | -51.8 | 18.1 | 32.3 | 37.1 | 101.5 | 75.9 | 60.1 | 41.5 | 30.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.38 | 4.47 | 3.26 | 3.26 | 3.56 | 2.37 | 3.12 | 4.12 | 4.12 | 3.86 |
| Payables turnover | 2.89 | 2.01 | 2.71 | 3.01 | 3.57 | 3.60 | 3.03 | 4.66 | 3.87 | 3.29 |
| Inventory turnover | 11.95 | 7.58 | 8.89 | 8.74 | 9.94 | 7.45 | 4.59 | 7.33 | 7.74 | 7.69 |
| Asset turnover | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.24 |
| Average receivables | $395.1M | $258.2M | $252.7M | $252.9M | $253.3M | $285.1M | $277.9M | $283.1M | $309.5M | $277.4M |
| Average payables | $329.0M | $294.3M | $270.8M | $253.8M | $227.9M | $181.2M | $177.2M | $210.7M | $253.4M | $260.3M |
| Average inventory | $79.5M | $78.1M | $82.4M | $87.3M | $81.8M | $87.7M | $116.9M | $134.1M | $126.6M | $111.2M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 7.6% | 0.2% |
Computed from BVN's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed April 30, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
BVN valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. traded at 9.0 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 9.0. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 6.9 and the forward P/E is 36.5. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. earned a return on equity of 21.0% and a return on invested capital of 12.4% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $709.7 million of debt and $529.8 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $179.8 million. It returned $111.6 million to shareholders: $111.6 million in dividends and $0 in share buybacks, 106% of free cash flow.
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BVN key metrics FAQ
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s P/E ratio?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s trailing P/E ratio is 6.9 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 36.5. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 9.0, compared with a 10-year median of 9.0.
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s EV/EBITDA?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s enterprise value was 6.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $7.2 billion, EBITDA $1.2 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 6.0.
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s return on equity?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s return on equity (ROE) was 21.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $782.1 million on average shareholders' equity of $3.7 billion.
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s ROIC?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s return on invested capital was 12.4% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. have?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. had total debt of $709.7 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17 and $179.8 million of net debt (0.15 times EBITDA).
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s dividend yield?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s forward dividend yield is 3.74%. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. paid $111.6 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.44 per share), a payout ratio of 14.3%.
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s free cash flow yield?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. generated $105.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 1.5% on its market value at year-end ($7.1 billion).
What is Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s current ratio?
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.'s current ratio was 2.01 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.01 times current liabilities.