DRDGOLD (DRD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DRDGOLD Limited is a South African gold producer focused on the retreatment of surface mine waste. Rather than operating conventional underground mines, the company processes gold-bearing tailings, sand dumps and slimes dams left by historical mining activities, recovering gold and reducing the environmental footprint of legacy mine waste.

DRDGOLD’s principal operations are the Ergo and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) businesses. Ergo processes surface material from areas around Johannesburg and the East Rand, while FWGR operates on the West Rand and Far West Rand. The company’s activities include the reclamation, transport, deposition and hydraulic reprocessing of tailings to produce gold doré and, where applicable, by-product metals.

With roots in South Africa’s historic Witwatersrand gold-mining industry, DRDGOLD has transitioned from traditional underground mining to large-scale surface retreatment. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg and its operations are concentrated in South Africa. DRDGOLD is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and trades in the United States through American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $23.62 to $24.45
• 50-Day Range: $23.72 to $31.30
• 52-Week Range: $19.47 to $39.37
• Volume: 160,225 shs
• Average Volume: 315,573 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.08 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.91%
• Price Target: $35.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

DRDGOLD Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DRDGOLD scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 67th out of 229 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

DRDGOLD has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

DRDGOLD has a consensus price target of $35.00, representing about 46.1% upside from its current price of $23.95.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

DRDGOLD has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 37.82%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for DRDGOLD are expected to grow by 37.82% in the coming year, from $3.12 to $4.30 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

DRDGOLD has a P/B Ratio of 2.74. 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

1.13% of the float of DRDGOLD has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

DRDGOLD has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.61, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in DRDGOLD has recently increased by 18.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

DRDGOLD is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.55%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

DRDGOLD does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, DRDGOLD will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.44% next year. This indicates that DRDGOLD will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.52

News Sentiment

DRDGOLD has a news sentiment score of 0.52. 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 0.40 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for DRDGOLD this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for DRD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added DRDGOLD to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, DRDGOLD insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $382,470.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.00% of the stock of DRDGOLD is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

14.70% of the stock of DRDGOLD is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/19/2026
• Record date for 9/21 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/21 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/21/2026
• Today: 10/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DRD
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:DROOY
• CIK: 1023512
• Web: www.drdgold.com
• Phone: (711) 470-2600
• Fax: 27-86-524-3061
• Employees: 3,410
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for DRDGOLD: $35.00
• High Price Target: $35.00
• Low Price Target: $35.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +45.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.62
• Quick Ratio: 3.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $676.84 million
• Price / Sales: 3.07
• Cash Flow: $3.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.83
• Book Value: $8.73 per share
• Price / Book: 2.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 86,460,000
• Free Float: 85,594,000
• Market Cap: $2.08 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.43