Barrick Gold is a gold company located in Ontario, Canada, which is part of the Basic Materials sector, and is traded under the ticker GOLD on the NYSE exchange.
Barrick Gold stock last closed at $18.52, up 1.2% from the previous day, and has decreased 24.41% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Gold industry by 0.07 percentage points. Barrick Gold stock is currently +42.35% from its 52-week low of $13.01, and -28.74% from its 52-week high of $25.99.
As of Mar 24, 2023, there are 1.76B shares of GOLD outstanding. The market capitalization of GOLD is $32.51B. In the past 24 hours, 18.16M GOLD shares were traded.
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Out of 3 Wall Street analysts who give forecasts on GOLD, the consensus analyst rating on Barrick Gold is a Buy
It's important to note that analyst forecasts are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Sylvain Brunet, a bottom 42% analyst from Exane BNP Paribas downgrades GOLD to a hold rating and announces their GOLD price target of $19.00, on Feb 13, 2023.
Matthew Murphy, a top 18% analyst from Barclays maintains GOLD with a strong buy rating and raises their GOLD price target from $23.00 to $26.00, on Jan 30, 2023.
Josh Wolfson, a top 24% analyst from RBC Capital maintains GOLD with a buy rating and lowers their GOLD price target from $27.00 to $20.00, on Nov 22, 2022.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the Barrick Gold stock forecast page.
Last year, GOLD earnings were $432.00M. Over the last five year, GOLD's earnings have gone up by -27.88% per year. This was slower than the Gold industry average of 13.95%.
Last year, GOLD revenue was $11.01B. During the past 5 year, GOLD's revenue has grown by 5.63% per year. This was slower than the Gold industry average of 41.12%.
You can analyze GOLD's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the last 12 months, executives and large shareholders at GOLD have not bought or sold any shares.
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Barrick Gold pays a dividend of 3.51%, compared to the Gold industry's average dividend yield of 2.28%. If you owned $1,000 of GOLD stock, you would have received $35.10 last year.
Barrick Gold dividend payments have not consistently grown over the past decade and have not remained stable.
Find more analysis about Barrick Gold dividend yield and history here.
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