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Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top gold stocks in 2026 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.

Industry: Gold

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Gold is Zen Rated A and is the 28th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
GAU	GALIANO GOLD INC	$3.16	-0.63%	-12.04%	11.35%	31.38%	22.66%	170.69%	515.69%	196.23%	46.73%	$3.62	$1.00	12.71%	216.00%	0.76	2,955,000	-42.93%
B	BARRICK MINING CORP	$45.42	0.86%	-9.38%	-1.76%	11.98%	57.10%	151.70%	194.22%	129.16%	234.62%	$54.69	$17.00	16.95%	167.18%	0.54	9,985,000	-35.60%
IAG	IAMGOLD CORP	$21.76	0.41%	-9.90%	2.68%	43.94%	118.06%	327.59%	950.48%	600.32%	916.28%	$24.87	$5.02	12.51%	333.47%	0.88	5,596,000	-38.07%
PAAS	PAN AMERICAN SILVER CORP	$59.56	1.68%	-9.64%	2.70%	25.10%	71.07%	158.91%	297.90%	96.50%	498.42%	$69.90	$20.55	14.79%	189.83%	0.87	6,500,000	-13.49%
GFI	GOLD FIELDS LTD	$50.44	3.35%	-10.00%	-6.83%	20.98%	45.90%	163.15%	470.35%	441.33%	1,183.99%	$61.64	$19.35	18.17%	160.67%	0.50	3,571,000	-18.56%
CMCL	CALEDONIA MINING CORP PLC	$25.98	1.31%	-17.41%	-11.91%	6.52%	-11.50%	151.38%	102.93%	72.59%	N/A	$38.75	$10.40	32.95%	149.78%	0.58	295,000	31.70%
SSRM	SSR MINING INC	$30.53	-1.28%	-5.64%	16.37%	40.84%	42.44%	217.60%	132.92%	102.55%	414.33%	$33.49	$8.65	8.84%	252.91%	0.75	3,881,000	-56.12%
WPM	WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP	$146.85	0.75%	-10.72%	3.62%	35.40%	41.43%	112.27%	278.78%	294.95%	797.75%	$165.76	$68.03	11.41%	115.86%	0.59	1,741,000	-6.15%
OR	OR ROYALTIES INC	$43.10	0.74%	-9.03%	3.09%	25.13%	25.46%	141.89%	239.75%	301.29%	N/A	$48.06	$17.61	10.31%	144.75%	0.51	970,000	30.73%
BTG	B2GOLD CORP	$5.32	-0.94%	-12.31%	-3.13%	15.32%	24.59%	102.69%	61.16%	16.85%	299.24%	$6.29	$2.53	15.42%	110.28%	0.71	28,769,000	3.21%
KGC	KINROSS GOLD CORP	$32.55	-0.09%	-11.61%	-4.16%	20.85%	45.37%	207.95%	850.88%	390.50%	1,037.06%	$39.11	$10.42	16.77%	212.38%	0.77	9,913,000	-23.92%
ARIS	ARIS MINING CORP	$19.33	-0.05%	-13.94%	3.37%	34.63%	105.97%	405.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.29	$3.75	17.00%	416.15%	0.94	1,189,000	-35.80%
ORLA	ORLA MINING LTD	$18.11	-0.72%	-17.14%	3.69%	45.59%	63.75%	148.00%	339.61%	380.75%	N/A	$21.98	$7.02	17.61%	157.98%	0.80	1,368,000	-49.13%
AEM	AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD	$221.00	1.70%	-10.88%	7.11%	35.16%	47.14%	131.63%	399.89%	290.12%	556.40%	$255.24	$94.77	13.41%	133.20%	0.50	2,177,000	-59.51%
AUGO	AURA MINERALS INC	$80.60	0.15%	-8.40%	10.58%	85.78%	152.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$90.16	$22.24	10.60%	262.36%	1.08	433,000	-38.67%
CGAU	CENTERRA GOLD INC	$18.72	1.12%	-8.33%	1.83%	41.59%	113.90%	244.18%	220.85%	88.34%	N/A	$21.17	$5.41	11.57%	246.03%	0.71	1,457,000	-8.54%
TRX	TRX GOLD CORP	$1.65	8.48%	-9.14%	-2.19%	111.58%	299.55%	502.69%	353.16%	170.80%	562.96%	$2.80	$0.27	41.07%	522.64%	0.54	4,090,000	-7.36%
CDE	COEUR MINING INC	$22.64	0.27%	-15.74%	-1.43%	41.26%	58.41%	342.50%	685.47%	155.06%	379.92%	$27.74	$4.58	18.37%	394.32%	1.44	15,468,000	-42.85%
AGI	ALAMOS GOLD INC	$49.89	2.55%	-7.54%	16.67%	39.86%	57.32%	121.95%	419.39%	559.28%	887.64%	$55.40	$22.78	9.95%	119.06%	0.60	2,678,000	-42.68%
NEM	NEWMONT CORP	$116.29	0.58%	-9.14%	-3.12%	24.31%	54.06%	176.04%	180.21%	104.30%	347.44%	$134.88	$42.03	13.78%	176.68%	0.51	8,349,000	-23.28%
FNV	FRANCO NEVADA CORP	$259.75	1.26%	-5.36%	5.92%	29.61%	34.09%	83.15%	101.75%	135.53%	354.19%	$285.67	$140.03	9.07%	85.50%	0.53	1,132,000	50.93%
CTGO	CONTANGO ORE INC	$26.70	-0.64%	-11.03%	-7.46%	-3.95%	23.22%	194.12%	17.44%	43.41%	781.40%	$34.38	$8.85	22.34%	201.69%	0.31	148,000	-46.76%
EQX	EQUINOX GOLD CORP	$16.63	-0.72%	-11.95%	6.31%	17.84%	65.93%	163.74%	367.71%	99.64%	N/A	$18.96	$5.59	12.29%	197.50%	0.84	11,898,000	14.81%
SBSW	SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD	$14.10	2.06%	-15.30%	-15.35%	13.67%	68.50%	283.73%	77.44%	-21.92%	8.34%	$21.29	$3.18	33.77%	343.40%	1.16	7,066,000	4.36%
FSM	FORTUNA MINING CORP	$11.52	0.95%	-14.23%	5.54%	22.42%	50.26%	145.36%	275.16%	68.31%	195.18%	$13.85	$4.65	16.82%	147.74%	1.02	6,050,000	-38.09%
RGLD	ROYAL GOLD INC	$279.84	0.72%	-7.37%	0.95%	38.75%	52.35%	85.19%	149.63%	165.38%	486.35%	$306.25	$150.75	8.62%	85.63%	0.52	703,000	-5.89%
EGO	ELDORADO GOLD CORP	$40.46	0.25%	-12.45%	-3.38%	25.34%	54.87%	182.65%	340.39%	257.67%	140.00%	$51.16	$14.06	20.91%	187.77%	0.72	2,475,000	30.68%
SCZM	SANTACRUZ SILVER MINING LTD	$10.03	0.70%	-16.87%	-15.20%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.61	$8.92	43.04%	12.44%	4.23	317,000	-32.55%
IDR	IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC	$37.80	-0.32%	-12.76%	-6.11%	-7.12%	35.59%	258.52%	659.68%	608.27%	2,733.08%	$54.70	$10.45	30.90%	261.72%	0.47	177,000	-34.69%
VGZ	VISTA GOLD CORP	$2.41	-2.07%	-16.01%	-13.24%	22.28%	65.03%	252.24%	371.06%	148.42%	362.75%	$3.13	$0.67	23.00%	261.86%	0.66	1,306,000	4.65%
NAMM	NAMIB MINERALS	$3.18	-4.40%	-21.65%	7.80%	141.27%	3.75%	-71.75%	-69.90%	N/A	N/A	$55.00	$0.91	94.22%	247.92%	0.40	597,000	-7.87%
NFGC	NEW FOUND GOLD CORP	$2.56	-1.56%	-13.40%	-14.86%	-10.95%	23.53%	52.73%	-28.81%	N/A	N/A	$3.59	$0.93	28.69%	176.46%	0.72	1,180,000	-20.96%
BGL	BLUE GOLD LTD	$1.71	0.00%	-18.18%	-39.58%	-54.88%	-79.42%	-85.09%	-83.59%	N/A	N/A	$166.50	$1.67	98.97%	2.40%	0.30	284,000	-3.40%
HYMC	HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP	$38.79	4.67%	-27.16%	4.75%	247.60%	611.03%	1,498.43%	1,165.19%	-34.94%	N/A	$58.73	$2.30	33.95%	1,586.52%	0.88	4,033,000	-23.89%
ATCX	ATLAS CRITICAL MINERALS CORP	$6.01	8.65%	-7.11%	-3.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.01	$5.32	57.10%	12.97%	-2.55	49,000	9.62%
THM	INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD	$3.05	-5.57%	-20.22%	8.68%	54.84%	88.24%	372.13%	470.30%	144.07%	829.03%	$3.65	$0.46	16.44%	563.04%	0.81	1,017,000	-56.03%
ODV	OSISKO DEVELOPMENT CORP	$4.30	-1.16%	-11.09%	8.42%	15.80%	37.99%	232.03%	6.25%	N/A	N/A	$4.80	$1.28	10.32%	235.94%	0.71	2,493,000	-17.34%
PZG	PARAMOUNT GOLD NEVADA CORP	$2.31	0.87%	-9.69%	1.30%	92.56%	121.90%	552.66%	661.44%	119.81%	92.56%	$2.71	$0.34	14.76%	575.44%	0.39	856,000	-43.54%
AUST	AUSTIN GOLD CORP	$1.53	5.88%	-18.18%	-22.49%	-14.74%	-11.96%	39.41%	80.00%	N/A	N/A	$3.92	$1.05	60.97%	45.71%	0.70	224,000	-51.09%
GLDG	GOLDMINING INC	$1.54	0.65%	-9.88%	0.00%	13.14%	24.00%	89.72%	59.79%	-7.74%	N/A	$2.27	$0.71	32.16%	116.90%	0.74	1,764,000	9.29%
SA	SEABRIDGE GOLD INC	$33.55	1.34%	-13.49%	4.49%	16.04%	95.51%	224.12%	224.43%	102.38%	191.60%	$40.06	$9.40	16.24%	256.91%	0.85	618,000	-32.53%
USAU	US GOLD CORP	$17.49	0.46%	-13.79%	-0.17%	2.75%	36.63%	112.97%	350.51%	66.86%	-83.17%	$23.75	$7.38	26.36%	136.99%	0.82	274,000	28.04%
NG	NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC	$12.07	-0.66%	-15.56%	19.78%	26.74%	77.89%	265.55%	125.38%	43.76%	131.91%	$14.40	$2.26	16.17%	434.07%	0.95	2,875,000	-22.61%
DC	DAKOTA GOLD CORP	$6.10	-2.30%	-13.37%	-9.56%	8.56%	31.57%	101.35%	113.62%	N/A	N/A	$7.25	$2.40	15.86%	154.06%	0.80	980,000	-24.85%
IAUX	I-80 GOLD CORP	$1.75	1.14%	-13.66%	-11.50%	36.15%	108.73%	194.02%	-14.08%	N/A	N/A	$2.24	$0.48	21.88%	263.07%	0.93	5,537,000	-37.21%
CNL	COLLECTIVE MINING LTD	$17.25	-0.41%	-15.49%	-6.88%	53.12%	30.25%	164.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.24	$6.31	18.78%	173.38%	0.69	36,700	-14.05%
AAUC	ALLIED GOLD CORP	$31.37	0.32%	-0.06%	-0.57%	43.05%	108.13%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.08	$11.41	2.21%	175.03%	0.78	284,000	21.89%
NGD	NEW GOLD INC	$11.21	-0.36%	-16.20%	-1.76%	43.21%	76.18%	300.36%	1,183.91%	545.66%	192.41%	$13.63	$2.73	17.75%	310.62%	1.04	10,777,000	-17.44%
VMET	VERSAMET ROYALTIES CORP	$10.55	-0.28%	-0.28%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.07	$10.10	12.59%	4.46%	N/A	953,000	N/A
GORO	GOLD RESOURCE CORP	$1.35	-0.74%	-11.84%	-20.24%	63.41%	71.36%	158.69%	53.85%	-50.00%	-39.09%	$1.87	$0.34	27.81%	295.89%	0.54	1,183,000	-26.43%

Gold Stocks FAQ

What are the best gold stocks to buy right now in Mar 2026?

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:

1. Galiano Gold (NYSEMKT:GAU)

Galiano Gold (NYSEMKT:GAU) is the #1 top gold stock out of 50 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 Galiano Gold (NYSEMKT:GAU) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Galiano Gold (NYSEMKT:GAU) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -12 points lower than the gold industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GAU as a "A".

GAU passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Galiano Gold has seen its stock return 170.69% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 46 percentage points.

Galiano Gold has an average 1 year price target of $4.25, an upside of 34.49% from Galiano Gold's current stock price of $3.16.

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

2. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) is the #2 top gold stock out of 50 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 Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 13 points higher than the gold industry average of 28.

B passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Barrick Mining has seen its stock return 151.7% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 27 percentage points.

Barrick Mining has an average 1 year price target of $51.13, an upside of 12.56% from Barrick Mining's current stock price of $45.42.

Barrick Mining stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Barrick Mining, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 12.5% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) is the #3 top gold stock out of 50 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 Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 23 points higher than the gold industry average of 28.

IAG passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Iamgold has seen its stock return 327.59% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 203 percentage points.

Iamgold has an average 1 year price target of $17.75, a downside of -18.43% from Iamgold's current stock price of $21.76.

Iamgold stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Iamgold, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the gold stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 5 gold stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 gold stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) has an annual dividend yield of 1.14%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 0.44%. Barrick Mining's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Barrick Mining's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Barrick Mining's dividend payout ratio of 17.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO)

Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) has an annual dividend yield of 1%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 0.44%.

Aura Minerals's dividend payout ratio of -80.2% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD)

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) has an annual dividend yield of 0.65%, which is the same as the gold industry average of 0.44%. Royal Gold's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Royal Gold's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Royal Gold's dividend payout ratio of 27.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are gold stocks down?

Gold stocks were down -0.02% in the last day, and down -10.52% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why gold stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued gold stocks?

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:

1. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

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

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 145.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 21 percentage points.

2. B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG)

B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG) is the second 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.

B2gold 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.

B2gold's stock has gained 102.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -22 percentage points.

3. Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL)

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is the third 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.

Caledonia Mining 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.

Caledonia Mining's stock has gained 151.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 27 percentage points.

Are gold stocks a good buy now?

60.61% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 2.7% over the next year.

15.22% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 36.96% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 30.43% are rated C (Hold), 15.22% are rated D (Sell), and 2.17% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the gold industry?

The average P/E ratio of the gold industry is 27x.

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Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top gold stocks in 2026 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.

Gold Stocks FAQ

1. Galiano Gold (NYSEMKT:GAU)

2. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

1. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

2. Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO)

3. Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD)

1. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

2. B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG)

3. Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL)

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Gold Stocks FAQ

1. Galiano Gold (NYSEMKT:GAU)

2. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

1. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

2. Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO)

3. Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD)

1. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

2. B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG)

3. Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL)

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Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top gold stocks in 2026 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.