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Best Mining Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top mining stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best mining 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 mining stocks to buy right now are:

Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) is the #1 top mining stock out of 42 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 Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Aura Minerals (NASDAQ:AUGO) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -10 points lower than the mining industry average of 21. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AUGO as a "B".

AUGO passed 4 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals.

Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) is the #2 top mining stock out of 42 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 Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is 4 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

EMX passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Emx Royalty has seen its stock return 92.05% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 102 percentage points.

Emx Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $5.38, an upside of 59.02% from Emx Royalty's current stock price of $3.38.

Emx Royalty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Emx Royalty, 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.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) is the #3 top mining stock out of 42 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 Materion (NYSE:MTRN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 13 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

MTRN passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Materion has seen its stock lose -5.97% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 4 percentage points.

Materion has an average 1 year price target of $123.50, an upside of 11.31% from Materion's current stock price of $110.95.

Materion stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Materion, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% 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 7 mining stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 mining stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) has an annual dividend yield of 7.87%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 3.39%. Vale Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Vale Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Vale Sa's dividend payout ratio of 57.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has an annual dividend yield of 6.02%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 3.39%. Rio Tinto's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eleven times in the last 10 years. Rio Tinto's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rio Tinto's dividend payout ratio of 61.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP) has an annual dividend yield of 4.46%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 3.39%. Bhp Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Bhp Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bhp Group's dividend payout ratio of 69.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Mining stocks were up 0.04% in the last day, and up 3.63% over the last week. Critical Metals was the among the top gainers in the other industrial metals & mining industry, gaining 9.05% yesterday.

Critical Metals shares are trading higher after the company announced it signed a 10-year offtake LOI to supply heavy rare earths to a U.S. DoD-backed processing facility.

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 mining stocks right now are:

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is the most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Vale Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 58 points higher than the mining industry average of 13. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vale Sa's stock has dropped -3.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 6 percentage points.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is the second most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Rio Tinto has a valuation score of 43, which is 30 points higher than the mining industry average of 13. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rio Tinto's stock has dropped -2.78% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 7 percentage points.

Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP) is the third most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bhp Group has a valuation score of 14, which is 1 points higher than the mining industry average of 13. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bhp Group's stock has gained 0.25% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 10 percentage points.

57.69% of mining stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect mining stocks to rise by 10.83% over the next year.

0% of mining stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 8.57% of mining stocks are rated B (Buy), 40% are rated C (Hold), 40% are rated D (Sell), and 11.43% are rated F (Strong Sell).