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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.

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Gold is Zen Rated B and is the 42nd ranked industry out of 146 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 %
B	BARRICK MINING CORP	$39.46	-7.78%	-7.26%	1.91%	-13.01%	-3.85%	97.00%	129.55%	68.56%	108.56%	$54.69	$19.82	27.85%	99.09%	0.59	15,195,000	24.11%
SSRM	SSR MINING INC	$26.73	-9.27%	-14.38%	-5.38%	-14.30%	27.77%	109.65%	79.28%	49.92%	156.77%	$36.52	$11.70	26.80%	128.46%	0.82	2,964,000	85.48%
IAG	IAMGOLD CORP	$15.42	-10.30%	-13.76%	-5.46%	-28.71%	0.98%	100.78%	426.28%	316.76%	307.94%	$24.87	$6.69	38.00%	130.49%	0.92	6,626,000	55.72%
GAU	GALIANO GOLD INC	$2.03	-8.97%	-12.50%	-10.96%	-36.36%	-15.06%	39.04%	262.50%	58.59%	-47.81%	$3.62	$1.22	43.92%	66.39%	0.81	4,084,000	30.77%
OGC	OCEANAGOLD CORP	$25.75	-8.98%	-14.74%	-12.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$35.19	$25.63	26.83%	0.47%	2.94	229,000	153.04%
MAKO	MAKO MINING CORP	$7.35	-10.58%	-15.52%	-2.13%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.99	$5.59	18.24%	31.48%	2.70	407,000	855.40%
FSM	FORTUNA MINING CORP	$8.69	-8.04%	-13.62%	-5.95%	-25.98%	-6.16%	17.43%	146.88%	27.05%	37.50%	$13.85	$6.17	37.26%	40.84%	1.05	6,649,000	145.08%
CMCL	CALEDONIA MINING CORP PLC	$19.95	-6.34%	-16.04%	-9.81%	-26.65%	-17.46%	3.42%	52.52%	38.83%	N/A	$38.75	$18.10	48.52%	10.22%	0.60	224,000	82.11%
ARIS	ARIS MINING CORP	$15.23	-11.14%	-16.00%	-11.91%	-22.34%	7.63%	125.30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.29	$6.25	34.61%	143.68%	1.09	1,543,000	76.14%
NEM	NEWMONT CORP	$99.71	-7.96%	-9.20%	-8.53%	-14.11%	11.09%	82.92%	137.86%	39.44%	181.43%	$134.88	$52.08	26.08%	91.46%	0.56	9,369,000	48.20%
SBSW	SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD	$10.12	-9.40%	-15.17%	-13.65%	-28.98%	-18.06%	55.69%	38.44%	-48.42%	-14.60%	$21.29	$6.67	52.47%	51.72%	1.21	5,886,000	83.59%
BTG	B2GOLD CORP	$4.18	-8.73%	-12.18%	-1.42%	-19.77%	-8.33%	12.06%	9.42%	-16.40%	110.05%	$6.29	$3.31	33.55%	26.28%	0.74	24,224,000	70.70%
AUGO	AURA MINERALS INC	$60.40	-9.66%	-21.83%	-25.15%	-26.12%	46.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$110.32	$22.24	45.25%	171.55%	2.13	800,000	41.59%
PAAS	PAN AMERICAN SILVER CORP	$47.58	-10.31%	-16.51%	-5.82%	-20.63%	7.19%	66.36%	206.57%	48.32%	209.36%	$69.90	$26.77	31.93%	77.74%	0.92	7,650,000	194.00%
KGC	KINROSS GOLD CORP	$26.22	-8.32%	-13.12%	-8.99%	-19.91%	-3.89%	69.60%	440.62%	228.16%	421.27%	$39.11	$14.71	32.96%	78.25%	0.81	11,465,000	157.24%
EQX	EQUINOX GOLD CORP	$10.79	-6.17%	-20.31%	-20.66%	-34.29%	-22.49%	47.61%	122.02%	21.78%	N/A	$18.96	$5.61	43.09%	92.34%	0.90	18,578,000	88.25%
GFI	GOLD FIELDS LTD	$36.62	-6.39%	-8.13%	-12.29%	-26.91%	-13.24%	44.06%	133.99%	225.80%	788.83%	$61.64	$22.40	40.59%	63.48%	0.57	5,300,000	95.86%
AGI	ALAMOS GOLD INC	$35.52	-8.00%	-12.94%	-8.64%	-28.07%	-1.55%	31.56%	187.61%	303.64%	377.42%	$55.40	$23.93	35.88%	48.46%	0.64	4,578,000	70.50%
CGAU	CENTERRA GOLD INC	$15.27	-9.59%	-13.58%	-9.27%	-17.15%	15.59%	102.25%	152.40%	88.75%	N/A	$21.17	$6.71	27.87%	127.57%	0.79	1,768,000	121.28%
AEM	AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD	$163.66	-7.41%	-10.64%	-8.13%	-26.11%	-3.06%	34.08%	214.19%	131.91%	225.63%	$255.24	$114.60	35.88%	42.81%	0.55	4,277,000	106.92%
FNV	FRANCO NEVADA CORP	$218.74	-7.31%	-5.18%	-2.81%	-14.34%	7.66%	26.81%	48.17%	44.33%	215.69%	$285.67	$152.89	23.43%	43.07%	0.56	970,000	7.54%
CDE	COEUR MINING INC	$16.37	-11.42%	-15.27%	-4.44%	-27.66%	3.22%	73.04%	431.49%	65.35%	94.42%	$27.74	$8.46	40.98%	93.50%	1.50	39,571,000	192.36%
OR	OR ROYALTIES INC	$33.87	-6.20%	-8.48%	-6.15%	-21.31%	-0.24%	27.91%	110.37%	130.10%	N/A	$48.06	$24.76	29.52%	36.79%	0.55	1,056,000	158.19%
AU	ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC	$84.12	-8.73%	-13.14%	-7.46%	-22.03%	2.03%	78.64%	241.67%	273.87%	428.72%	$129.14	$43.44	34.86%	93.65%	0.65	3,048,000	148.61%
IDR	IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC	$32.47	-12.01%	-16.98%	-26.05%	-15.57%	-14.60%	137.53%	550.70%	656.52%	2,476.98%	$54.70	$12.40	40.64%	161.85%	0.62	278,000	146.02%
SCZM	SANTACRUZ SILVER MINING LTD	$6.40	-15.68%	-21.47%	-17.74%	-35.81%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.61	$6.34	63.66%	0.95%	3.69	1,122,000	198.40%
WPM	WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP	$116.23	-9.50%	-12.35%	-7.19%	-21.38%	7.53%	26.90%	153.72%	140.94%	338.27%	$165.76	$85.59	29.88%	35.80%	0.64	2,743,000	91.28%
TRX	TRX GOLD CORP	$0.96	-8.57%	-16.52%	-14.29%	-43.53%	18.67%	174.29%	103.82%	90.10%	128.57%	$2.80	$0.32	65.71%	200.00%	0.64	4,302,000	79.55%
RGLD	ROYAL GOLD INC	$206.07	-6.40%	-8.20%	-8.78%	-25.46%	2.19%	12.09%	68.79%	68.98%	228.98%	$306.25	$150.75	32.71%	36.70%	0.55	747,000	129.14%
VMET	VERSAMET ROYALTIES CORP	$12.12	-5.39%	-10.42%	10.28%	14.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.81	$9.11	12.24%	33.04%	1.93	302,000	91.14%
EGO	ELDORADO GOLD CORP	$29.59	-7.50%	-12.53%	0.89%	-26.88%	-4.86%	37.56%	205.68%	156.63%	24.33%	$51.16	$19.56	42.16%	51.28%	0.77	2,979,000	89.62%
NAMM	NAMIB MINERALS	$1.92	-4.00%	26.32%	7.87%	-40.92%	48.84%	-83.16%	-81.23%	N/A	N/A	$27.78	$0.91	93.09%	110.07%	0.48	846,000	-68.26%
ODV	OSISKO DEVELOPMENT CORP	$2.47	-7.84%	-11.79%	-21.59%	-42.29%	-31.77%	24.12%	-45.95%	N/A	N/A	$4.80	$1.97	48.49%	25.38%	0.80	3,557,000	153.17%
THM	INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD	$2.10	-15.66%	-22.51%	-7.08%	-30.23%	20.69%	118.75%	344.92%	90.91%	268.42%	$3.65	$0.83	42.47%	153.01%	0.89	1,225,000	151.02%
BGL	BLUE GOLD LTD	$0.52	-7.14%	-22.96%	-55.93%	-71.11%	-87.25%	-87.00%	-95.10%	N/A	N/A	$166.50	$0.52	99.69%	0.00%	0.41	445,000	45.90%
VGZ	VISTA GOLD CORP	$2.17	-8.05%	-9.96%	2.84%	-11.07%	12.44%	117.00%	267.80%	84.68%	167.90%	$3.13	$0.91	30.67%	138.46%	0.74	3,501,000	200.00%
IAUX	I-80 GOLD CORP	$1.43	-9.49%	-11.73%	-2.05%	-18.75%	12.60%	137.94%	-37.83%	N/A	N/A	$2.24	$0.55	36.16%	160.00%	1.00	12,231,000	36.51%
PZG	PARAMOUNT GOLD NEVADA CORP	$1.19	-11.85%	-13.77%	-13.77%	-50.42%	2.59%	106.60%	323.49%	14.42%	-21.71%	$2.71	$0.56	56.09%	113.26%	0.45	978,000	773.21%
SA	SEABRIDGE GOLD INC	$29.42	-13.60%	-13.75%	4.92%	-11.47%	-1.74%	112.42%	108.80%	56.49%	116.16%	$40.06	$13.93	26.55%	111.20%	0.94	564,000	-62.40%
GLDG	GOLDMINING INC	$0.95	-13.91%	-19.06%	-17.65%	-39.68%	-35.14%	21.41%	-8.06%	-44.29%	N/A	$2.27	$0.72	58.28%	31.89%	0.78	9,486,000	306.43%
USAU	US GOLD CORP	$13.76	-12.19%	-14.75%	-14.16%	-23.85%	-17.46%	0.66%	220.00%	14.86%	-84.81%	$23.75	$10.09	42.06%	36.37%	0.91	471,000	328.18%
NFGC	NEW FOUND GOLD CORP	$1.62	-13.37%	-22.12%	-19.40%	-35.20%	-47.74%	8.72%	-67.34%	N/A	N/A	$3.59	$1.34	54.87%	20.90%	0.80	2,921,000	223.48%
HYMC	HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP	$26.43	-12.83%	-20.03%	-25.28%	-35.63%	130.83%	541.50%	680.57%	-30.63%	N/A	$58.73	$2.93	55.00%	802.05%	0.99	3,376,000	35.53%
CTGO	CONTANGO SILVER & GOLD INC	$16.50	-11.81%	-17.95%	-28.42%	-39.02%	-37.07%	-17.75%	-45.00%	-23.26%	186.96%	$34.38	$16.37	52.01%	0.79%	0.46	713,000	124.21%
DC	DAKOTA GOLD CORP	$5.01	-11.01%	-13.02%	-6.88%	-17.19%	-6.88%	30.81%	61.09%	N/A	N/A	$7.25	$3.60	30.90%	39.36%	0.89	1,307,000	38.60%
CNL	COLLECTIVE MINING LTD	$13.97	-11.25%	-14.19%	-16.35%	-20.13%	22.98%	21.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.80	$8.30	35.92%	68.29%	0.90	101,000	149.38%
NG	NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC	$7.33	-10.50%	-14.47%	-7.57%	-39.37%	-25.51%	66.21%	39.35%	-26.63%	24.24%	$14.40	$3.61	49.09%	103.05%	1.03	6,154,000	241.32%
AAUC	ALLIED GOLD CORP	$25.50	-3.30%	-2.56%	-13.44%	-18.37%	14.76%	63.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.20	$11.41	20.81%	123.57%	0.67	188,000	33.33%
GORO	GOLD RESOURCE CORP	$1.17	-8.59%	-15.83%	-15.22%	-15.22%	56.00%	82.81%	44.44%	-60.07%	-66.38%	$1.87	$0.43	37.43%	172.09%	0.59	1,659,000	84.33%
AUST	AUSTIN GOLD CORP	$1.28	-9.22%	-7.25%	-1.01%	-16.88%	-31.55%	-20.40%	20.87%	N/A	N/A	$3.92	$1.20	67.35%	6.67%	0.79	117,000	28.57%
ATCX	ATLAS CRITICAL MINERALS CORP	$3.71	-8.17%	-13.72%	-33.15%	-40.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.01	$3.62	73.52%	2.49%	1.20	30,000	5.63%
ORLA	ORLA MINING LTD	$10.81	-4.59%	-19.39%	-19.51%	-41.12%	-12.96%	-12.47%	133.98%	141.83%	N/A	$21.98	$9.16	50.82%	18.01%	0.84	6,291,000	27.32%

Gold Stocks FAQ

What are the best gold stocks to buy right now in Jun 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. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) is the #1 top gold stock out of 52 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: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 13 points higher than the gold industry average of 33.

B passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Barrick Mining has seen its stock return 97% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 58 percentage points.

Barrick Mining has an average 1 year price target of $57.67, an upside of 46.14% from Barrick Mining's current stock price of $39.46.

Barrick Mining stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Barrick Mining, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Ssr Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM)

Ssr Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) is the #2 top gold stock out of 52 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 Ssr Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Ssr Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 11 points higher than the gold industry average of 33.

SSRM passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ssr Mining has seen its stock return 109.65% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 70 percentage points.

Ssr Mining has an average 1 year price target of $44.00, an upside of 64.61% from Ssr Mining's current stock price of $26.73.

Ssr Mining stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Ssr Mining, 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.

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) is the #3 top gold stock out of 52 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: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 23 points higher than the gold industry average of 33.

IAG passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Iamgold has seen its stock return 100.78% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 62 percentage points.

Iamgold has an average 1 year price target of $25.00, an upside of 62.13% from Iamgold's current stock price of $15.42.

Iamgold stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Iamgold, 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.

What are the gold stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 22 gold stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 gold stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI)

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.94%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.12%. 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 46.1% 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 3.73%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.12%.

Aura Minerals's dividend payout ratio of 134.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Anglogold Ashanti (NYSE:AU)

Anglogold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) has an annual dividend yield of 3.61%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.12%. Anglogold Ashanti's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Anglogold Ashanti's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Anglogold Ashanti's dividend payout ratio of 38.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are gold stocks down?

Gold stocks were down -8.33% in the last day, and down -11.51% over the last week. Santacruz Silver Mining was the among the top losers in the gold industry, dropping -15.68% yesterday.

Shares of precious metals-related companies are trading lower as gold and silver fall in response to a stronger U.S. jobs report, which boosts the dollar and reinforces expectations that the Fed will maintain higher interest rates.

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. B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG)

B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG) 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.

B2gold has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the gold industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

B2gold's stock has gained 12.06% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -27 percentage points.

2. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) 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.

Fortuna Mining has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the gold industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 17.43% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -22 percentage points.

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) 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.

Iamgold has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the gold industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Iamgold's stock has gained 100.78% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 62 percentage points.

Are gold stocks a good buy now?

53.33% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 51.33% over the next year.

17.02% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 25.53% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 31.91% are rated C (Hold), 17.02% are rated D (Sell), and 8.51% 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 14.68x.

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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.

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1. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

2. Ssr Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM)

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

1. Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI)

2. Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO)

3. Anglogold Ashanti (NYSE:AU)

1. B2gold (NYSEMKT:BTG)

2. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

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1. Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)

2. Ssr Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM)

3. Iamgold (NYSE:IAG)

1. Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI)

2. Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO)

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