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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 7, which is -12 points lower than the mining industry average of 19. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AUGO as a "B".

AUGO passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) 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 Materion (NYSE:MTRN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 15 points higher than the mining industry average of 19.

MTRN passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Materion has seen its stock return 9.15% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 9 percentage points.

Materion has an average 1 year price target of $123.50, an upside of 7.66% from Materion's current stock price of $114.71.

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.

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is the #3 top mining stock out of 42 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is: Value: B, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 30 points higher than the mining industry average of 19.

VALE passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vale Sa has seen its stock return 3.02% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 3 percentage points.

Vale Sa has an average 1 year price target of $11.92, an upside of 9.23% from Vale Sa's current stock price of $10.91.

Vale Sa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Vale Sa, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% 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 7.38%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 2.62%. 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 5.88%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 2.62%. 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 1.85%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the mining industry average of 2.62%. 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 dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Mining stocks were down -0.27% in the last day, and up 3.51% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why mining stocks are down.

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 57, which is 46 points higher than the mining industry average of 11. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vale Sa's stock has gained 3.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 3 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 32 points higher than the mining industry average of 11. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rio Tinto's stock has gained 0.4% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the mining industry.

Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP) is the third 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.

Bhp Group has a valuation score of 14, which is 3 points higher than the mining industry average of 11. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bhp Group's stock has gained 1.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 1 percentage points.

55.56% of mining stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect mining stocks to rise by 10.72% over the next year.

0% of mining stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.88% of mining stocks are rated B (Buy), 41.18% are rated C (Hold), 41.18% are rated D (Sell), and 11.76% are rated F (Strong Sell).