Raymond James Has Negative Outlook of Royal Gold Q4 Earnings

Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD - Free Report) TSE: RGL - Equities researchers at Raymond James dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Royal Gold in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 21st. Raymond James analyst B. Macarthur now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $2.13 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.14. Raymond James currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $200.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Royal Gold's current full-year earnings is $6.20 per share.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on RGLD. Wall Street Zen raised Royal Gold from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Royal Gold from a "sector perform" rating to a "sector outperform" rating and lifted their price target for the company from $166.00 to $189.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. BMO Capital Markets set a $197.00 price target on shares of Royal Gold and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. CIBC lifted their target price on shares of Royal Gold from $202.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on Royal Gold from $175.00 to $170.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Royal Gold has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $183.13.

Royal Gold Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ RGLD traded down $1.91 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $178.68. 323,458 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 418,242. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $173.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $153.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.45, a PEG ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 0.48. Royal Gold has a twelve month low of $119.72 and a twelve month high of $191.78.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD - Get Free Report) TSE: RGL last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The basic materials company reported $1.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $193.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $176.17 million. Royal Gold had a net margin of 46.15% and a return on equity of 11.46%. Royal Gold's revenue was up 29.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.91 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Royal Gold

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in Royal Gold by 129.4% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 12,229 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $1,612,000 after acquiring an additional 6,899 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Royal Gold in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Royal Gold by 40.3% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 574 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $81,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. KBC Group NV lifted its stake in shares of Royal Gold by 1,904.4% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 33,874 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $4,466,000 after purchasing an additional 32,184 shares during the period. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Royal Gold by 9.5% in the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 41,999 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $5,538,000 after purchasing an additional 3,634 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.65% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Randy Shefman sold 1,300 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.98, for a total transaction of $201,474.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 9,360 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,450,612.80. This represents a 12.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Royal Gold Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 3rd. Royal Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.80%.

Royal Gold Company Profile

Royal Gold, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, acquires and manages precious metal streams, royalties, and related interests. The company engages in acquiring stream and royalty interests or to finance projects that are in production, development, or in the exploration stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests, which primarily consists of gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, and other metals.