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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:

New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) is the #1 top gold stock out of 44 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 New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -4 points lower than the gold industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NGD as a "A".

NGD passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. New Gold has seen its stock return 83.06% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 43 percentage points.

New Gold has an average 1 year price target of $4.75, an upside of 41.79% from New Gold's current stock price of $3.35.

New Gold stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering New 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.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is the #2 top gold stock out of 44 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: A, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -4 points lower than the gold industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CMCL as a "A".

CMCL passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Caledonia Mining has seen its stock return 30.05% over the past year, underperforming other gold stocks by -10 percentage points.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) is the #3 top gold stock out of 44 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 Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 23 points higher than the gold industry average of 32.

RGLD passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Royal Gold has seen its stock return 45.16% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 5 percentage points.

Royal Gold has an average 1 year price target of $184.25, an upside of 2.15% from Royal Gold's current stock price of $180.38.

Royal Gold stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Royal Gold, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 75% have issued a Buy, 0% 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 4.52%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.38%. 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 -29.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.47%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.38%. 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.

Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) has an annual dividend yield of 1.59%, which is the same as the gold industry average of 1.38%. Barrick Gold's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Barrick Gold's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Barrick Gold's dividend payout ratio of 32.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gold stocks were down -1.25% in the last day, and down -2.24% over the last week.

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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:

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) 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.

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

Caledonia Mining's stock has gained 30.05% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -10 percentage points.

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 57, which is 35 points higher than the gold industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 29.42% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -10 percentage points.

New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) 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.

New Gold has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the gold industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

New Gold's stock has gained 83.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 43 percentage points.

61.29% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 7.19% over the next year.

14.29% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.19% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 38.1% are rated C (Hold), 14.29% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).