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

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 13 points higher than the gold industry average of 32.

CMCL passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caledonia Mining has seen its stock return 80.33% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 48 percentage points.

Caledonia Mining has an average 1 year price target of $28.00, an upside of 35.14% from Caledonia Mining's current stock price of $20.72.

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.

Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) is the #2 top gold stock out of 46 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 Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 8 points higher than the gold industry average of 32.

KGC passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Kinross Gold has seen its stock return 70.5% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 38 percentage points.

Kinross Gold has an average 1 year price target of $17.75, an upside of 15.04% from Kinross Gold's current stock price of $15.43.

Kinross Gold stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Kinross Gold, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 25% 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 #3 top gold stock out of 46 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: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 13 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 20.45% over the past year, underperforming other gold stocks by -12 percentage points.

Pan American Silver has an average 1 year price target of $35.33, an upside of 24.46% from Pan American Silver's current stock price of $28.39.

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.

Out of 13 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 2.93%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.11%. 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 2.27%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.11%. 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 Mining (NYSE:B) has an annual dividend yield of 1.92%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 1.11%. 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 30.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

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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 21 points higher than the gold industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 23.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -9 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 7 points higher than the gold industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Iamgold's stock has gained 69.98% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 38 percentage points.

Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) 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.

Barrick 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.

Barrick Mining's stock has gained 10.22% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gold industry by -22 percentage points.

65.71% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 17.95% over the next year.

24.39% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.07% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 39.02% are rated C (Hold), 14.63% are rated D (Sell), and 4.88% are rated F (Strong Sell).