Royal Gold (RGLD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Royal Gold, Inc., headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is a leading precious metals streaming and royalty company. Through its business model, Royal Gold provides upfront financing to mining operators in exchange for the right to purchase a percentage of future metal production at predetermined prices. This structure allows the company to participate in production upside while minimizing exposure to the operating and capital-intensive aspects of mine ownership.

The company’s portfolio encompasses interests in over 200 streams and royalties on projects across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Australia. These investments span gold, silver and copper assets, including stakes in several Tier 1 operations. By partnering with established mining companies, Royal Gold secures long-term streams on high-quality reserves and resources, generating stable cash flow and offering diversified exposure to metal prices.

Founded in 1981, the company pioneered the precious metals streaming model before adopting the Royal Gold name in 1996. Over four decades, it has grown through disciplined acquisitions, strategic investments and tailored streaming arrangements, building a diversified portfolio that supports sustainable revenue growth. Its track record of successful capital deployment has positioned it as one of the most enduring players in the royalty and streaming sector.

Led by an experienced management team with deep expertise in mineral finance and operations, Royal Gold emphasizes rigorous due diligence, robust risk management and prudent balance sheet management. The company continues to seek accretive opportunities in established and emerging mining jurisdictions, aiming to balance growth with capital returns and maintain its status as a top-tier precious metals streaming entity.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $216.90 to $221.86
• 50-Day Range: $215.21 to $271.52
• 52-Week Range: $150.75 to $306.25
• Volume: 410,714 shs
• Average Volume: 772,878 shs
• Market Capitalization: $18.70 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.26
• Dividend Yield: 0.86%
• Price Target: $273.64
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Royal Gold Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Royal Gold scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 15th out of 181 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Royal Gold has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $273.64, representing about 24.2% upside from its current price of $220.29.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Royal Gold has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.40%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Royal Gold are expected to grow by 8.40% in the coming year, from $11.55 to $12.52 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Royal Gold is 24.75, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Royal Gold is 24.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 22.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Royal Gold has a PEG Ratio of 1.78. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Royal Gold has a P/B Ratio of 2.51. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.54% of the float of Royal Gold has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Royal Gold has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.81, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Royal Gold has recently increased by 4.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Royal Gold has a dividend yield of 0.86%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Royal Gold has been increasing its dividend for 25 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Royal Gold is 22.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Royal Gold will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.18% next year. This indicates that Royal Gold will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.01

News Sentiment

Royal Gold has a news sentiment score of 1.01. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Royal Gold this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

25 people have searched for RGLD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 32% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

22 people have added Royal Gold to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 633% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Royal Gold insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,214,618.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.35% of the stock of Royal Gold is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.65% of the stock of Royal Gold is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/18/2026
• Record date for 4/16 Dividend: 4/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 4/16 Dividend: 4/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/16/2026
• Today: 5/24/2026
• Record date for 7/16 Dividend: 7/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/16 Dividend: 7/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: MINING - GOLD
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:RGLD
• CIK: 85535
• Web: www.royalgold.com
• Phone: (303) 573-1660
• Fax: 303-595-9385
• Employees: 30
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Royal Gold: $273.64
• High Price Target: $340.00
• Low Price Target: $203.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.39
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.26
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.07
• P/E Growth: 1.78
• Net Income: $467.27 million
• Net Margins: 48.59%
• Pretax Margin: 57.96%
• Return on Equity: 12.63%
• Return on Assets: 9.99%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.08
• Current Ratio: 3.52
• Quick Ratio: 3.26

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 18.14
• Cash Flow: $8.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 27.06
• Book Value: $87.93 per share
• Price / Book: 2.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 84,870,000
• Free Float: 84,570,000
• Market Cap: $18.70 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.43