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Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top gold stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best gold stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best gold mining stocks to buy right now are:

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is the #1 top gold stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 1 points higher than the gold industry average of 32.

CMCL passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Caledonia Mining has seen its stock return 101.24% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 43 percentage points.

Caledonia Mining has an average 1 year price target of $21.00, an upside of 7.91% from Caledonia Mining's current stock price of $19.46.

Caledonia Mining stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Caledonia Mining, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) is the #2 top gold stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 12 points higher than the gold industry average of 32.

PAAS passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pan American Silver has seen its stock return 46.74% over the past year, underperforming other gold stocks by -11 percentage points.

Pan American Silver has an average 1 year price target of $33.00, an upside of 13.75% from Pan American Silver's current stock price of $29.01.

Pan American Silver stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Pan American Silver, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) is the #3 top gold stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has a Due Diligence Score of 64, which is 32 points higher than the gold industry average of 32.

GFI passed 25 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gold Fields has seen its stock return 90.44% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 32 percentage points.

Gold Fields has an average 1 year price target of $20.90, a downside of -18.71% from Gold Fields's current stock price of $25.71.

Gold Fields stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Gold Fields, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 12 gold stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 gold stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG) has an annual dividend yield of 2.65%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.09%. B2gold's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. B2gold's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

B2gold's dividend payout ratio of -29.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.12%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.09%. Gold Fields's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Gold Fields's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Gold Fields's dividend payout ratio of 39.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.73%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.09%. Newmont's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Newmont's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Newmont's dividend payout ratio of 22.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gold stocks were up 1.55% in the last day, and up 3.29% over the last week. Newmont was the among the top gainers in the gold industry, gaining 3.54% yesterday.

Shares of precious metals stocks are trading higher as gold prices rise following Israel's strikes on Iran, which have lifted safe-haven assets.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued gold stocks right now are:

Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) is the most undervalued gold stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Fortuna Mining has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the gold industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 40.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -17 percentage points.

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) is the second most undervalued gold stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Iamgold has a valuation score of 29, which is 8 points higher than the gold industry average of 21. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Iamgold's stock has gained 114.93% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 57 percentage points.

Equinox Gold (NYSEMKT:EQX) is the third most undervalued gold stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Equinox Gold has a valuation score of 71, which is 50 points higher than the gold industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Equinox Gold's stock has gained 26.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -32 percentage points.

63.64% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 2.76% over the next year.

16.67% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.19% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 33.33% are rated C (Hold), 21.43% are rated D (Sell), and 2.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).