ALTPF (Altiplano Metals) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): -0.03 (As of Dec. 2025)

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What is Altiplano Metals Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

Altiplano Metals ALTPF +14.01% Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is -0.03 as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 419 Metals & Mining companies, Altiplano Metals ranks worse than 238663.25% on this metric.

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Altiplano Metals's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $-0.03. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 0.


The historical rank and industry rank for Altiplano Metals's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:



ALTPF's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 15.81
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Owner-Earnings only.

Altiplano Metals's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the three months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.00. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $-0.02. It's PE Ratio (TTM) ratio for today is At Loss.

Altiplano Metals's EPS without NRI for the three months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.00. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $-0.02. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is At Loss.


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Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


Altiplano Metals Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Related Terms


Altiplano Metals Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Altiplano Metals's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Altiplano Metals Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Altiplano Metals Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Mar25
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.04 -0.03 -0.03 -0.02 -0.02

Altiplano Metals Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.03

Altiplano Metals Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Altiplano Metals's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Altiplano Metals Price-to-Owner-Earnings vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Altiplano Metals's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Altiplano Metals's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.



Altiplano Metals Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Altiplano Metals's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

TTM / Last Quarter Average of Last 20 Quarters
Net Income -2.02
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 0.37
Change In Deferred Tax -0.01
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 2.92
Change In Working Capital 0.37
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 159.16

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Altiplano Metals's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $-2.02 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Altiplano Metals's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.37 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Altiplano Metals's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $-0.01 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $2.92 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous quarter. If the revenue decreased from the previous quarter, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous quarter, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Altiplano Metals's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $2.92 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Altiplano Metals's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.37 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Altiplano Metals's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Dec. 2025 was 159.162 Mil.

Altiplano Metals's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Dec. 2025 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( -2.023 +0.372+-0.014
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-2.9218823529412+0.371)/159.162
=-0.03

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=0.014/-0.03
=0

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of -0.03 mean?
Altiplano Metals (ALTPF) has a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of -0.03 as of Dec. 2025. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Altiplano Metals. According to the industry distribution chart, Altiplano Metals ranks #999999 out of 419 companies in the Metals & Mining industry.
Is Altiplano Metals' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) too high?
Altiplano Metals' current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is -0.03. Based on the distribution chart, Altiplano Metals ranks #999999 out of 419 companies in the Metals & Mining industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers.
How does Altiplano Metals' Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) compare to competitors?
According to the Metals & Mining industry distribution chart, Altiplano Metals ranks #999999 out of 419 companies for Owner Earnings per Share (TTM). This places Altiplano Metals in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 15.81. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) for a Metals & Mining company?
The median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) among Metals & Mining companies is 15.81, based on 419 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) mean?
A high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Altiplano Metals. For the Metals & Mining industry, the median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 15.81 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Altiplano Metals's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is -0.03. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Altiplano Metals stock overvalued right now?
Altiplano Metals (ALTPF) has a current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of -0.03. The current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is -0.03. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) calculated?
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Altiplano Metals (ALTPF), the current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is -0.03 as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Altiplano Metals Business Description

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Address 250 Southridge NW, Suite 300, Edmonton, AB, CAN, T6H 4M9
Altiplano Metals Inc is a Canadian mineral development company focused on acquiring projects with the potential for advancement from discovery through to production. The company has a diversified portfolio of assets that include an operating copper/gold/iron mine, development of near-term producing gold/copper projects, and exploration land packages with district-scale potential. Some of the projects include the Santa Beatriz Project, Maria Luisa Property, and Farellon Property. The company operates in a single operating segment engaged in mineral exploration in Chile.