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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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -3 points lower than the gold industry average of 31. 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 95.88% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 52 percentage points.

New Gold has an average 1 year price target of $4.00, an upside of 20.12% from New Gold's current stock price of $3.33.

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.

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

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has a Due Diligence Score of 58, which is 27 points higher than the gold industry average of 31.

GFI passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gold Fields has seen its stock return 44.39% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 1 percentage points.

Gold Fields has an average 1 year price target of $19.40, a downside of -11.25% from Gold Fields's current stock price of $21.86.

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.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is the #3 top gold stock out of 44 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 17 points higher than the gold industry average of 31.

CMCL passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caledonia Mining has seen its stock return 7.01% over the past year, underperforming other gold stocks by -36 percentage points.

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 4.36%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.51%. 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 -33.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has an annual dividend yield of 3.62%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.51%. Caledonia Mining's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Caledonia Mining's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Caledonia Mining's dividend payout ratio of 87.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.49%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.51%. Gold Fields's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six 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 49.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gold stocks were up 0.26% in the last day, and up 4.09% 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:

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 20 points higher than the gold industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 73.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 30 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 14, which is -9 points higher than the gold industry average of 23. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IAG a Valuation Rating of "B".

Iamgold's stock has gained 101.3% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 58 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 48 points higher than the gold industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Equinox Gold's stock has gained 30.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -13 percentage points.

59.38% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 8.63% over the next year.

5% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.5% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.5% are rated C (Hold), 12.5% are rated D (Sell), and 12.5% are rated F (Strong Sell).