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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 58, which is 27 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 31.

BVN passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Buenaventura Mining Co has seen its stock return 130.16% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 21 percentage points.

Buenaventura Mining Co has an average 1 year price target of $44.00, an upside of 35.01% from Buenaventura Mining Co's current stock price of $32.59.

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: D, 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 215.03% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 105 percentage points.

Hecla Mining Co has an average 1 year price target of $29.10, an upside of 61.49% from Hecla Mining Co's current stock price of $18.02.

Hecla Mining Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Hecla Mining Co, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) 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 Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 31.

TFPM passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Triple Flag Precious Metals has seen its stock return 53.49% over the past year, underperforming other precious metal stocks by -56 percentage points.

Triple Flag Precious Metals has an average 1 year price target of $43.00, an upside of 34.75% from Triple Flag Precious Metals's current stock price of $31.91.

Triple Flag Precious Metals stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Triple Flag Precious Metals, 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.

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 2.91%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the precious metal industry average of 0.94%. 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 1.27%, which is the same as the precious metal industry average of 0.94%.

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 0.24%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the precious metal industry average of 0.94%.

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 3.8% in the last day, and down -4.26% over the last week. Atlas Lithium was the among the top gainers in the other precious metals & mining industry, gaining 14.56% yesterday.

Shares of precious metals-related companies are trading higher following a decline in oil prices and a weaker U.S. dollar.

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:

Integra Resources (NYSEMKT:ITRG) 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.

Integra Resources has a valuation score of 14, which is 0 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 14. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Integra Resources's stock has gained 59.76% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by -50 percentage points.

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) 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.

Buenaventura Mining Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 29 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 14. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Buenaventura Mining Co's stock has gained 130.16% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by 21 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 14, which is 0 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 14. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Triple Flag Precious Metals's stock has gained 53.49% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by -56 percentage points.

43.75% of precious metal stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect precious metal stocks to rise by 55.19% 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).