DESCRIPTION: Franco-Nevada Corporation is a resource royalty and investment company owning a diversified portfolio of precious and base metal royalties, oil and natural gas royalties and other interests. The portfolio includes assets in production, under development or in the exploration phase mostly located in geopolitically secure countries. Franco-Nevada intends to use its free cash flow to expand its portfolio and pay dividends.
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"Franco-Nevada was a Top 10 stock last year. It has great management and is really the originator of the royalty stock concept. I would never bet against these guys. Franco was one of these situations where we bought it at $17, and it got to $27—our target price. We couldn't justify a higher target, so we took it off the list. Boy, we'd love to buy it back at $17 again; and, if it gets there, we'll be first in line to buy it. It's just fully priced right now, so its upside is not as clearly defined as the other two."
The Gold Report Interview with Adrian Day (06/11/10)
"I just love the royalty model because it is a good way to get exposure to gold but at much lower risk. The business model itself is very low risk, very high margin. My favorite, Franco-Nevada Corp., in Canada, has a margin of 86%. You also get a lot of the upside because with the royalty companies; as the price of gold goes up, more of the properties on which they hold royalties become profitable. A lot of the royalties go up, as the price of gold goes up, and then a lot of these companies have an exploration upside because they own the royalty on a whole piece of ground. If the producing company at the mine starts exploring the ground around the mine and finds more metal, the royalty gets the benefit of that as well. There's very little downside, so I like the royalty companies a lot. My two favorites are Franco-Nevada and Royal Gold, which are the two large ones with strong balance sheets, strong management and excellent pipelines. To me, these are just a core low-risk gold exposure positions."
View Entire Article: Adrian Day: Buy Gold Bullion, Royalties and Juniors
Canaccord Wealth Management (06/07/10)
"Credit Suisse initiated bullish coverage on the royalty company, comparing the name to a gold ETF, with exploration upside. Franco-Nevada is a royalty company with a focus on gold and precious metal production and additional interests in base metals and oil & gas assets. The portfolio consists of over 300 royalties, including revenue-based (56%), profit-based (15%) working interests (7%) and others like stream-based royalties (22%). The majority of revenues come from its gold royalties. At spot prices, precious metals are expected to comprise 78% of revenues this fiscal year, with gold contributing 70% of total revenues.
Credit Suisse sees value, given that: 1) Upside to metal prices, particularly gold with less risk than a traditional producer and more leverage than the ETF. The analyst expects FNV will benefit from new investment in the sector as traditional ETF investors seek a way to beat the ‘ETF benchmark’; 2) Exploration upside from a royalty stream through Red Back Mining’s (RBI) Tasiast mine could add $1.20 to share price; 3) They believe the market is not currently ascribing the full potential value of Prosperity gold stream transaction. As the project advances in the coming months, the market could ascribe $2.00-3.00 more to the share price; and 4) If gold prices continue to rise into a growing credit crisis, Franco Nevada may drive growth as junior exploration and development companies are not able to secure traditional bank financing."
The Gold Report Interview with Matt Badiali (05/21/10)
"Franco-Nevada, of course, was the original royalty company, formed by Pierre Lassonde and Seymour Schulich. Pierre Lassonde is my hero; he's spectacular. These guys were in business 10 or 20 years before Newmont bought them in the original incarnation of Franco-Nevada. They returned 35% annualized to their shareholders over that time. That's astonishing; an absolutely a phenomenal return. Then Pierre Lassonde became the president of Newmont for maybe four years. Fairly recently, Newmont spun out a bunch of those royalty projects into the new Franco-Nevada. I think Pierre Lassonde is chairman of the Board. His star power has propelled Franco-Nevada to fairly dizzying heights."
View Entire Article: Matt Badiali: Smart Money Holds Gold & Buys Major Miners
Matt McAbby, Bourbon & Bayonets (04/27/10)
"Whether you're a gold bull or bear, there's one gold issue that should be on investors' radar at all times. It's a stock that has outperformed the rest of the gold sector because it's neither a keeper of bullion nor a miner—nor is it strictly even a gold play. What you're buying when you acquire this company is quite simply some of the best brains in the resource business.
Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSE:FNV) is the brainchild of Pierre Lassonde (and a few others), who founded the original company back in 1982, and operated it until 2002, when they sold it to American mining giant, Newmont, for a massive profit.
One of the first ever companies to adopt the royalty resource model, Franco was an instant and smashing financial success.
. . . Do you need any more convincing?
Plainly put, while gold took over 10 years to drop from roughly $500 to $250, Franco Nevada stock jumped from under a dollar to better than $30."
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