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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 +28.50% 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:

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) is the #1 top precious metal stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 11 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 31.

VOXR passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vox Royalty has seen its stock return 59.17% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 11 percentage points.

Vox Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $8.00, an upside of 39.62% from Vox Royalty's current stock price of $5.73.

Vox Royalty stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Vox Royalty, 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.

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) is the #2 top precious metal stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) has a Due Diligence Score of 63, which is 32 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 31.

BVN passed 24 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Buenaventura Mining Co has seen its stock return 70.63% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 23 percentage points.

Buenaventura Mining Co has an average 1 year price target of $37.25, an upside of 9.05% from Buenaventura Mining Co's current stock price of $34.16.

Buenaventura Mining Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Buenaventura Mining Co, 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.

Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK) is the #3 top precious metal stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is -2 points lower than the precious metal industry average of 31.

EXK passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Endeavour Silver has seen its stock return 85.19% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 37 percentage points.

Endeavour Silver has an average 1 year price target of $15.50, an upside of 39.26% from Endeavour Silver's current stock price of $11.13.

Endeavour Silver stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Endeavour Silver, 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 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 2.78%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the precious metal industry average of 0.98%. 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 35.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.19%, which is the same as the precious metal industry average of 0.98%.

Vox Royalty's dividend payout ratio of 9.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.52%, which is the same as the precious metal industry average of 0.98%.

Triple Flag Precious Metals's dividend payout ratio of 11.5% 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 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 33 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Buenaventura Mining Co's stock has gained 70.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by 23 percentage points.

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

Integra Resources has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Integra Resources's stock has gained 8.49% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by -39 percentage points.

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) is the third most undervalued precious metal stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Vox Royalty has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vox Royalty's stock has gained 59.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by 11 percentage points.

46.67% of precious metal stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect precious metal stocks to rise by 52.14% over the next year.

0% of precious metal stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of precious metal stocks are rated B (Buy), 55% are rated C (Hold), 30% are rated D (Sell), and 15% are rated F (Strong Sell).