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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 19 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 18 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 29.

VOXR passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vox Royalty has seen its stock return 50.45% over the past year, underperforming other precious metal stocks by -6 percentage points.

Vox Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $8.00, an upside of 58.73% from Vox Royalty's current stock price of $5.04.

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 19 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Buenaventura Mining Co (NYSE:BVN) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 31 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 29.

BVN passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Buenaventura Mining Co has seen its stock return 84.59% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 28 percentage points.

Buenaventura Mining Co has an average 1 year price target of $37.25, an upside of 9.08% from Buenaventura Mining Co's current stock price of $34.15.

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.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSEMKT:ASM) is the #3 top precious metal stock out of 19 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 Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSEMKT:ASM) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (NYSEMKT:ASM) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 29.

ASM passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Avino Silver & Gold Mines has seen its stock return 85.44% over the past year, overperforming other precious metal stocks by 29 percentage points.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines has an average 1 year price target of $8.38, an upside of 21.73% from Avino Silver & Gold Mines's current stock price of $6.88.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Avino Silver & Gold Mines, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% 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 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 0.99%. 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 1.35%, which is the same as the precious metal industry average of 0.99%.

Vox Royalty's dividend payout ratio of 13.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Elemental Royalty (NASDAQ:ELE) has an annual dividend yield of 0.37%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the precious metal industry average of 0.99%.

Precious metal stocks were up 4.51% in the last day, and up 18.94% over the last week. Perpetua Resources was the among the top gainers in the other precious metals & mining industry, gaining 8.28% yesterday.

Shares of precious metal-related companies are trading higher amid rising gold prices after July's payroll data, which signaled economic cooling, weighed on yields and dollar strength. A UBS note suggested that gold prices will climb to $5,000 per ounce in H1 2027.

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 43, which is 27 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 16. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Buenaventura Mining Co's stock has gained 84.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by 28 percentage points.

Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) 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.

Vox Royalty has a valuation score of 57, which is 41 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 16. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vox Royalty's stock has gained 50.45% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by -6 percentage points.

Integra Resources (NYSEMKT:ITRG) 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.

Integra Resources has a valuation score of 14, which is -2 points higher than the precious metal industry average of 16. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Integra Resources's stock has gained 62.66% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the precious metal industry by 6 percentage points.

62.5% of precious metal stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect precious metal stocks to rise by 60.49% over the next year.

0% of precious metal stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.53% of precious metal stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.89% are rated C (Hold), 21.05% are rated D (Sell), and 10.53% are rated F (Strong Sell).