Kinross Gold Maintained at Buy at Stifel Canada Following Q1 Results; Price Target Kept atC$65.00

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Stifel Canada on Thursday maintained its buy rating on the shares of Kinross Gold (K.TO, KGC) and its C$65.00 price target following the company's first-quarter results.

"Kinross reported Q1/26 adjusted EPS of $0.71 vs. our $0.69 (consensus: $0.72) on attributable GEO production of 492.6Koz vs. our 489.8Koz (consensus: 481.8Koz) at attributable cost of sales of $1,380/GEO and AISC of $1,732/GEO which were in-line and within the FY26 guidance ranges ($1,360 +/- 5% and $1,730 +/- 5%, respectively). Adjusted Q1/26 EPS absorbed a $91Mln withholding-tax charge, of which $65Mln relates to taxes payable in future quarters tied to repatriation of Mauritania cash flows. Record Q1/26 attributable FCF of $837.5Mln implies FCF/GEO ex-WC of $2,656/GEO (+$1,034/GEO or +63.8% QoQ vs. +$722/oz or +17.4% in gold price). Kinross repurchased $250.1Mln in shares in Q1/26 (plus $50Mln in April) and reaffirmed its 40%-of-FCF return-of-capital target. We estimate approx. $1.3Bln for share buybacks in 2026 (vs. $0.6Bln in 2025) or 3.4% of shares outstanding (vs. 2.5% in 2025). Q1/26 total liquidity stood at $3.9Bln, including $2.2Bln of cash (+$443Mln QoQ)," analyst Ralph Profiti wrote.

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