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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 47 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: A, and AI: B.

New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) has a Due Diligence Score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the gold industry average of 33.

NGD passed 24 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. New Gold has seen its stock return 166.91% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 111 percentage points.

New Gold has an average 1 year price target of $8.75, an upside of 19.21% from New Gold's current stock price of $7.34.

New Gold stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts 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 47 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: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 8 points higher than the gold industry average of 33.

CMCL passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caledonia Mining has seen its stock return 88.6% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 32 percentage points.

Caledonia Mining has an average 1 year price target of $28.00, a downside of -0.43% from Caledonia Mining's current stock price of $28.12.

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.

Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA) is the #3 top gold stock out of 47 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 Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 21 points higher than the gold industry average of 33.

ORLA passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Orla Mining has seen its stock return 113.66% over the past year, overperforming other gold stocks by 57 percentage points.

Orla Mining has an average 1 year price target of $27.00, an upside of 161.63% from Orla Mining's current stock price of $10.32.

Orla Mining stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Orla Mining, 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.

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

Newmont (NYSE:NEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.24%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gold industry average of 0.69%. Newmont's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Newmont's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Newmont's dividend payout ratio of 15.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.02%, which is the same as the gold industry average of 0.69%.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) has an annual dividend yield of 0.77%, which is the same as the gold industry average of 0.69%. 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 25.7% 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:

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 88.6% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 32 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 71, which is 49 points higher than the gold industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 66.4% in the past year. It has overperformed 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 57, which is 35 points higher than the gold industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

New Gold's stock has gained 166.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gold industry by 111 percentage points.

58.82% of gold stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gold stocks to rise by 28.19% over the next year.

25.53% of gold stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.28% of gold stocks are rated B (Buy), 38.3% are rated C (Hold), 8.51% are rated D (Sell), and 6.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).