Brokers Set Expectations for Kinross Gold Q1 Earnings

Key Points

• Raymond James Financial has raised its Q1 2026 EPS estimate for Kinross Gold to $0.48, up from $0.41, maintaining a "Hold" rating on the stock.
• UBS Group has upgraded Kinross Gold to a "strong-buy" rating, while National Bankshares raised its target price to C$28.00, giving the stock an "outperform" rating.
• Kinross Gold will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.03 per share on September 4th, representing an annual yield of 0.4% and a payout ratio of 18.84%.

Kinross Gold Co. (TSE:K - Free Report) NYSE: KGC - Equities research analysts at Raymond James Financial upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Kinross Gold in a report released on Wednesday, August 20th. Raymond James Financial analyst J. Elliott now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.48 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.41. Raymond James Financial currently has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Kinross Gold's current full-year earnings is $1.01 per share. Raymond James Financial also issued estimates for Kinross Gold's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.48 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.48 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on K. National Bankshares boosted their price objective on Kinross Gold from C$27.00 to C$28.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. UBS Group upgraded Kinross Gold to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Kinross Gold from C$23.50 to C$24.50 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$21.25.

Kinross Gold Stock Performance

Shares of TSE K traded up C$0.88 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching C$28.71. 6,934,426 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,588,606. Kinross Gold has a 52 week low of C$11.28 and a 52 week high of C$28.80. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of C$23.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$20.38. The firm has a market capitalization of C$34.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.60 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.81, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Lucas Crosby sold 12,660 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$21.48, for a total transaction of C$271,920.34. Also, Senior Officer Geoffrey Peters Gold sold 18,834 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$21.27, for a total value of C$400,599.18. Corporate insiders own 0.26% of the company's stock.

Kinross Gold Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kinross Gold's dividend payout ratio is presently 9.68%.

Kinross Gold Company Profile

Kinross Gold is a Canada-based senior gold producer, producing roughly 2.4 million gold equivalent ounces in 2020. The company had 30 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves and 59 million ounces of silver reserves at the end of 2020. It operates mines and focuses its greenfield and brownfield exploration in the Americas, West Africa, and Russia.