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1.98 (1y: -17%)
Market Cap 110.98 M P/E(ttm)
Enterprise Value 111.9 M P/B 6.80
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

Financial Strength : 5/10

vs
industry		 vs
history
Cash to Debt 0.435
LODE's Cash to Debt is ranked higher than
82% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: 0.435 )
LODE' s 10-Year Cash to Debt Range
Min: 0   Max: No Debt
Current: 0.44
Equity to Asset 0.384
LODE's Equity to Asset is ranked higher than
79% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: 0.384 )
LODE' s 10-Year Equity to Asset Range
Min: -48   Max: 0.93
Current: 0.38
-48
0.93
F-Score: 3
Z-Score: -4.69
M-Score: -1.34
GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability & Growth : 3/10

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industry		 vs
history
Operating margin (%) -590.00
LODE's Operating margin (%) is ranked lower than
54% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -590.00 )
LODE' s 10-Year Operating margin (%) Range
Min: -19350   Max: -164.3
Current: -590
-19350
-164.3
Net-margin (%) -598.6
LODE's Net-margin (%) is ranked lower than
54% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -598.6 )
LODE' s 10-Year Net-margin (%) Range
Min: -185250   Max: -352
Current: -598.6
-185250
-352
ROE (%) -167.2
LODE's ROE (%) is ranked lower than
56% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -167.2 )
LODE' s 10-Year ROE (%) Range
Min: -167.2   Max: -22.7
Current: -167.2
-167.2
-22.7
ROA (%) -64.3
LODE's ROA (%) is ranked lower than
56% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -64.3 )
LODE' s 10-Year ROA (%) Range
Min: -7900   Max: -21.1
Current: -64.3
-7900
-21.1
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) -164.50
LODE's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) is ranked lower than
56% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -164.50 )
LODE' s 10-Year ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) Range
Min: -164.5   Max: -4.9
Current: -164.5
-164.5
-4.9
Revenue Growth (%) -22.5
LODE's Revenue Growth (%) is ranked lower than
55% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -22.5 )
LODE' s 10-Year Revenue Growth (%) Range
Min: 0   Max: 79.6
Current: -22.5
0
79.6
EBITDA Growth (%) 16.1
LODE's EBITDA Growth (%) is ranked higher than
96% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: 16.1 )
LODE' s 10-Year EBITDA Growth (%) Range
Min: 0   Max: 16.1
Current: 16.1
0
16.1
EPS Growth (%) -7.7
LODE's EPS Growth (%) is ranked lower than
52% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -7.7 )
LODE' s 10-Year EPS Growth (%) Range
Min: 0   Max: -7.7
Current: -7.7
» LODE's 10-Y Financials

Financials


Revenue & Net Income
Cash & Debt
Oprt. Cash Flow & Free Cash Flow

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Guru Trades
Q2 2012

LODE Guru Trades in Q2 2012

Arnold Van Den Berg 278,935 sh (New)
Chuck Royce 325,000 sh (New)
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Q3 2012

LODE Guru Trades in Q3 2012

Jim Simons 109,000 sh (New)
Chuck Royce 325,000 sh (unchged)
Arnold Van Den Berg 278,360 sh (-0.21%)
» More
Q4 2012

LODE Guru Trades in Q4 2012

Chuck Royce 375,000 sh (+15.38%)
Arnold Van Den Berg 282,890 sh (+1.63%)
Jim Simons Sold Out
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Q1 2013

LODE Guru Trades in Q1 2013

Arnold Van Den Berg 3,878,236 sh (+1270.93%)
Chuck Royce 375,000 sh (unchged)
» More
» Details

Insider Trades

Latest Guru Trades with LODE

GuruDate Trades Impact to Portfolio Price Range * (?) Current Price Change from Average Current Shares
Arnold Van Den Berg 2013-03-31 Add 1270.93%0.7%$1.78 - $2.28 $ 1.98-1%3878236
Arnold Van Den Berg 2012-06-30 New Buy0.07%$1.65 - $2.5 $ 1.980%278935
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July 11, 2012
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Ratios

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industry		 vs
history
P/B 6.80
LODE's P/B is ranked higher than
50% of the 1139 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.92 vs. LODE: 6.80 )
LODE' s 10-Year P/B Range
Min: 2.33   Max: 11.28
Current: 6.8
2.33
11.28
P/S 106.30
LODE's P/S is ranked higher than
54% of the 1200 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 1.58 vs. LODE: 106.30 )
LODE' s 10-Year P/S Range
Min: 0.55   Max: 331
Current: 106.3
0.55
331
EV-to-EBIT 142.9
LODE's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than
101% of the 732 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 11.72 vs. LODE: 142.9 )
LODE' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 37   Max: 579.6
Current: 142.9
37
579.6

Valuation & Return

vs
industry		 vs
history
Price/Net Current Asset Value 49.5
LODE's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than
55% of the 960 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 9.20 vs. LODE: 49.5 )
LODE' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range
Min: 38   Max: 38
Current: 49.5
Price/Tangible Book 10.4
LODE's Price/Tangible Book is ranked lower than
51% of the 1080 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 1.00 vs. LODE: 10.4 )
LODE' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range
Min: 2.7   Max: 39.8
Current: 10.4
2.7
39.8
Price/Median PS Value 0.4
LODE's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than
69% of the 930 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.60 vs. LODE: 0.4 )
LODE' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range
Min: 0.1   Max: 1.9
Current: 0.4
0.1
1.9
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) -120.07
LODE's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked lower than
55% of the 2402 Companies
in the Global Gold industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. LODE: -120.07 )
LODE' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range
Min: -944.7   Max: -8.8
Current: -120.07
-944.7
-8.8

Business Description

Comstock Mining, Inc was incorporated in Florida in 1999 and reincorporated in Nevada in 2008. The Company is a gold and silver mining company with extensive, contiguous property in the historic Comstock and Silver City mining districts. The Comstock District is located within the western portion of the Basin and Range Providence of Nevada, between Reno and Carson City. The Company has drilled 646 reverse circulation and core holes, representing over 242,000 feet of drill data in the Lucerne Resource Area. The Company also has 432 reverse circulation and core holes, representing over 56,000 feet of drill data drilled by other companies. The Company continues acquiring additional properties in the Comstock District, expanding its footprint and creating opportunities for exploration and mining. The Company now owns or controls approximately 6,315 acres in the Comstock District. The acreage is comprised of 1,455 acres of patented mining claims and surface parcels and 4,860 acres of unpatented claims, administered by the US Bureau of Land Management. The Company also owns a heap leach processing facility that is being redesigned and modified to accommodate its new production plans. The Company owns and operates the Gold Hill Hotel, three related cottages, two related rental homes and a meeting hall. The Hotel is located in Gold Hill, Nevada between Virginia City and the Comstock mine project. The Company has focused to date on the Lucerne Resource Area, the Dayton Resource Area and the Spring Valley exploration target. The Lucerne Resource Area has been the focus of the Company's exploration and development efforts since 2007. It includes the previously mined Billie the Kid, Hartford and Lucerne mining claims, and extends northeasterly to the area of the historic Woodville bonanza, and north to the historic Justice and Keystone mines, plus the extension of these areas down-dip to the east. The Company has the key mining permits required to resume mining in that area. The Lucerne Resource Area is approximately 5,000 feet long, with an average width of 600 feet, representing less than three percent of the land holdings controlled by the Company. The East-side target within this Area ranks as one of the Company's top exploration and potential starter mine production targets. The Dayton Resource Area lies southwest of Silver City, generally from the Dayton, Kossuth and Alhambra claims, including the old Dayton mine workings, south to where the Kossuth claim crosses State Route 341. The historic Dayton mine was the last major underground mining operation in the Comstock District, before being closed by the War Act in 1942. The Dayton Resource Area ranks as one of the Company's top exploration and potential mine production targets. The Spring Valley exploration target lies at the southern end of the Comstock District, where the mineralized structures lie mostly concealed beneath a veneer of sediment gravels. The area includes the Kossuth c
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Industry: Gold
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Traded in other countries:GSPN.Germany
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