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Best Precious Metal Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top precious metal stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best precious metal 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 precious metal stocks to buy right now are:

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) is the #1 top precious metal stock out of 17 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 Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 30 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 31.

BVN passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Buenaventura Mining Co has seen its stock return 118.55% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 3 percentage points.

Buenaventura Mining Co has an average 1 year price target of $44.00, an upside of 34.31% from Buenaventura Mining Co's current stock price of $32.76.

Buenaventura Mining Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Buenaventura Mining Co, 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.

Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) is the #2 top precious metal stock out of 17 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 Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 15 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 31.

HL passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hecla Mining Co has seen its stock return 219.73% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 104 percentage points.

Hecla Mining Co has an average 1 year price target of $30.38, an upside of 61.57% from Hecla Mining Co's current stock price of $18.80.

Hecla Mining Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Hecla Mining Co, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Integra Resources (NYSEMKT:ITRG) is the #3 top precious metal stock out of 17 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 Integra Resources (NYSEMKT:ITRG) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: F, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Integra Resources (NYSEMKT:ITRG) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is equal to the precious metal industry average of 31.

ITRG passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Integra Resources has seen its stock return 66.1% over the past year, underperforming other precious metal stocks by -49 percentage points.

Integra Resources has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, an upside of 138.1% from Integra Resources's current stock price of $2.94.

Integra Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Integra Resources, 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 precious metal stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 precious metal stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) has an annual dividend yield of 2.9%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the precious metal industry average of 0.92%. Buenaventura Mining Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Buenaventura Mining Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Buenaventura Mining Co's dividend payout ratio of 18.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.21%, which is the same as the precious metal industry average of 0.92%.

Vox Royalty's dividend payout ratio of 57.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Elemental Royalty (NASDAQ:ELE) has an annual dividend yield of 0.23%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the precious metal industry average of 0.92%.

Elemental Royalty's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Precious metal stocks were up 0.32% in the last day, and down -7.92% 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 precious metal stocks right now are:

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) is the most undervalued precious metal stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Buenaventura Mining Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Buenaventura Mining Co's stock has gained 118.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by 3 percentage points.

Integra Resources (NYSEMKT:ITRG) is the second most undervalued precious metal stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Integra Resources has a valuation score of 14, which is -3 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 17. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ITRG a Valuation Rating of "B".

Integra Resources's stock has gained 66.1% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by -49 percentage points.

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) is the third most undervalued precious metal stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Triple Flag Precious Metals has a valuation score of 29, which is 12 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 17. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Triple Flag Precious Metals's stock has gained 58.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by -57 percentage points.

37.5% of precious metal stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect precious metal stocks to rise by 48.62% over the next year.

5.88% of precious metal stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.65% of precious metal stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.94% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% are rated D (Sell), and 11.76% are rated F (Strong Sell).