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Harmony Gold Mining
(NYSE:HMY)
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Rating:83Outperform
Price Target:
$23.50
▲(2.40% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/29/26
Overall score reflects strong financial performance (material margin and earnings improvement with generally conservative leverage) and a very attractive valuation (low P/E), supported by constructive technical trend signals. The earnings call adds confidence via guidance delivery and robust cash generation/shareholder returns, partially tempered by one-off cash impacts, contingent liabilities, and execution/regulatory risks at CSA and Eva Copper.
Positive Factors
Consistent production and cost execution
Repeatedly meeting production, grade and cost guidance indicates strong operating discipline and planning capability. This consistency improves production visibility, supports reliable cash generation and helps management fund mine development through commodity cycles.
Negative Factors
Gold-price and commodity-cycle exposure
Despite strong FY2026 margins, earnings remain exposed to gold and copper prices, while labor, power and consumable costs can rise independently. The prior loss demonstrates that profitability and cash generation can contract materially during an adverse cycle.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Consistent production and cost execution
Repeatedly meeting production, grade and cost guidance indicates strong operating discipline and planning capability. This consistency improves production visibility, supports reliable cash generation and helps management fund mine development through commodity cycles.
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Harmony Gold Mining (HMY) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$12.78B
Dividend Yield1.92%
Average Volume (3M)3.55M
Price to Earnings (P/E)6.9
Beta (1Y)1.28
Revenue Growth49.72%
EPS Growth120.32%
CountryUS
Employees34,350
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustryGold
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)45.96
Shares Outstanding636,798,950
10 Day Avg. Volume4,863,368
30 Day Avg. Volume3,548,406
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.06
Price to Book (P/B)2.09
Price to Sales (P/S)1.48
P/FCF Ratio10.25
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)3.32
Revenue Forecast (FY)$7.01B
Harmony Gold Mining Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited engages in the exploration, extraction, and processing of mineral properties in South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. The company explores for gold, uranium, silver, and copper deposits. It has nine und...
How the Company Makes Money
Harmony primarily makes money by producing and selling gold. Its core revenue model is to (1) mine ore from its underground and surface operations, (2) process that ore to produce gold (e.g., dore or refined output depending on downstream arrangem...
Harmony Gold Mining Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 27, 2026
(Q4-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Mar 03, 2027
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed a strongly positive financial and operational performance with record revenue, substantial free cash flow growth, higher earnings per share, robust shareholder returns and meaningful increases in copper resources and reserves. Operationally, management met gold production and cost guidance and reported encouraging CSA integration and exploration results. However, notable cautions include roughly ZAR 10 billion of one-off cash impacts that weighed on consensus cash flow, remaining contingent liabilities (~ZAR 2.1 billion), operational constraints at CSA that require further work (ventilation) and regulatory uncertainty at Eva Copper; a portion of the portfolio upside is described as conceptual. Overall the positive financial and resource/operational momentum materially outweighs the identified execution and contingent risks.Positive Updates
Record Revenue and Strong Earnings
Revenue increased 34% year-on-year to ZAR 100 billion (USD 5.9 billion). Headline earnings per share rose 87% to ZAR 43.63 per share.
Negative Updates
Significant One-off Cash Flow Impacts
Reported one-off cash flow impacts of around ZAR 10 billion (including CSA-related costs, contingent payments, acquisition integration and hedging adjustments) contributed to cash flow falling below some consensus expectations.
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Q4-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Revenue and Strong Earnings
Revenue increased 34% year-on-year to ZAR 100 billion (USD 5.9 billion). Headline earnings per share rose 87% to ZAR 43.63 per share.
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Company Guidance
On the FY2026 results call Harmony said it met guidance across key operating metrics: group gold production of 1.43 Moz, underground recovered gold grade of 5.83 g/t and all‑in sustaining cost of ZAR 1.19m/kg (USD 2,195/oz) were all in line with guidance, while CSA contributed 18,207 t of copper at a recovered grade of 3.75% and a C1 cash cost of USD 2.47/lb; management signalled a pathway to 40,000 tpa copper and reported record development of 560 m in June and 12,000 m drilled in Q4 (with intercepts up to 12% Cu). Financially, revenue rose 34% to ZAR 100bn (USD 5.9bn), headline EPS rose 87% to ZAR 43.63/share, adjusted free cash flow grew 54% to ZAR 17bn (USD 1bn), and a record final dividend of ZAR 4.8bn (ZAR 7.50/share) took full‑year dividends to ZAR 8.2bn (ZAR 12.80/share, ~3.5% yield). On resources and reserves, gold MREs were steady at ~107 Moz, gold reserves rose to 27.4 Moz, copper MREs increased 18.5% to 7.4 Mt and copper reserves rose 71% to 4.0 Mt (including Eva and CSA), while management highlighted ~350,000 oz of conceptual “blue‑sky” upside (150k mine‑life extension, 100k tailings, ~100k other optimisations), maintained Eva Copper first‑copper and CapEx guidance for 2028, and noted remaining contingent liabilities of ~ZAR 2.1bn (Mponeng ZAR 433m, Eva ZAR 540m, Glencore NSR ~ZAR 1.1bn).Harmony Gold Mining Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
86
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
78
Positive
Cash Flow
74
Positive
| Breakdown | Jun 2026 | Jun 2025 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 104.72B | 73.90B | 61.38B | 49.27B | 42.65B |
| Gross Profit | 48.99B | 29.30B | 14.15B | 9.74B | 718.00M |
| EBITDA | 53.83B | 26.27B | 16.52B | 11.05B | 3.34B |
| Net Income | 28.23B | 14.38B | 8.59B | 4.82B | -1.05B |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 124.99B | 77.50B | 60.46B | 57.24B | 46.81B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 9.42B | 13.10B | 4.73B | 2.87B | 2.45B |
| Total Debt | 9.40B | 2.23B | 2.29B | 6.22B | 3.65B |
| Total Liabilities | 50.21B | 28.99B | 19.51B | 22.36B | 16.69B |
| Stockholders Equity | 74.50B | 48.23B | 40.77B | 34.76B | 30.04B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 15.17B | 10.79B | 7.25B | 2.31B | 710.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 32.33B | 22.65B | 15.65B | 9.95B | 6.92B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -35.96B | -11.96B | -8.37B | -10.60B | -6.20B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -327.00M | -2.21B | -5.43B | 1.19B | -1.15B |
Harmony Gold Mining Risk Analysis
Harmony Gold Mining disclosed 21 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Harmony Gold Mining reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Harmony Gold Mining Peers Comparison
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Sector (55)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
83 Outperform | $12.78B | 6.90 | 46.23% | 1.92% | 49.72% | 120.32% | |
81 Outperform | $21.83B | 16.86 | 12.49% | 0.09% | 116.79% | 211.59% | |
80 Outperform | $13.89B | 41.36 | 12.98% | 0.09% | 51.13% | 399.24% | |
78 Outperform | $2.48B | 9.41 | 36.20% | 1.84% | 52.87% | 104.06% | |
76 Outperform | $22.21B | 28.58 | 11.55% | 0.72% | 93.51% | 34.48% | |
58 Neutral | $9.17B | 9.08 | 34.68% | 2.43% | 59.20% | ― | |
55 Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% |
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Harmony Gold Mining Corporate Events
Harmony Gold Posts Record FY26 Cash Flow and Dividend as Copper Portfolio Advances
Aug 27, 2026
Harmony Gold Mining reported its financial and operational results for the year ended 30 June 2026, highlighting strong performance in both gold and copper operations. The group achieved production guidance for the 11th consecutive year, with gold...
Harmony Gold Mining Delivers Record FY26 Cash Flows and Dividends as Copper Portfolio Takes Shape
Aug 27, 2026
For the financial year ended 30 June 2026, Harmony Gold Mining reported a defining year in its evolution into a diversified gold and copper producer, achieving gold output of 44,464kg in line with guidance and integrating the CSA copper mine. Unde...
Harmony Gold Mining Flags Earnings Surge on Strong FY26 Output and Higher Prices
Aug 21, 2026
Harmony Gold Mining reported that the financial year ended 30 June 2026 marked a pivotal step in its shift to a diversified gold and copper producer, with group gold output of 44,464kg and copper production of 18,207 tonnes from the newly acquired...
Harmony Gold Mining Reports Van Eck’s Stake Rise to Over 5%
Aug 18, 2026
On 18 August 2026, Harmony Gold Mining announced that Van Eck Associate Corporation had increased its holding in the miner’s ordinary shares to 5.0167% of the company’s total issued share capital. The acquisition of this enlarged benef...
Harmony Gold Mining Reshapes Board Governance With New Lead Independent Director
Aug 17, 2026
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited has announced changes to its board governance structure, reflecting adjustments within the company’s key oversight committees. The moves highlight ongoing attention to nomination, audit, risk and independe...
Harmony Gold cuts funding costs and adds AUD debt in oversubscribed multi-currency loan deal
Jul 28, 2026
On July 28, 2026, Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited announced it had secured new oversubscribed syndicated multi-tranche, multi-currency loan facilities totaling US$500 million, A$500 million and R7 billion. The package, which includes U.S. doll...
Harmony Gold Mining Reports Fatal Incident at TauTona Shaft
Jul 20, 2026
Harmony Gold Mining reported a fatal incident at its TauTona service shaft near Carletonville, where a female employee lost her life on Sunday, 19 July 2026. The event underscored ongoing safety risks in deep-level mining and drew immediate attent...
Harmony Gold Delivers FY26 Production Guidance and R4.4bn Shareholder Payout
Jun 30, 2026
Harmony met its guided gold production for the eleventh consecutive year in the financial year ended 30 June 2026, delivering between 1.4 million and 1.5 million ounces at underground grades of about 5.80g/t, with all-in sustaining costs within gu...
Harmony Gold Reports Fatal Seismic Accident at Moab Khotsong Mine
Jun 22, 2026
Harmony Gold Mining reported a fatal accident at its Moab Khotsong mine near Orkney, where an employee died in a seismicity-related fall-of-ground incident on the morning of Friday, 19 June 2026. The company said management is supporting the decea...
Harmony Gold Discloses Executive Director’s Share Sale on 28 May 2026
May 29, 2026
Harmony Gold Mining disclosed that executive director H.E. Mashego conducted an on‑market sale of 3,000 Harmony ordinary shares on 28 May 2026, classified as a direct beneficial interest. The shares were sold at a volume‑weighted avera...
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