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Top Gold Stocks To Watch Now - April 26th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat names five gold stocks to watch: Newmont (NEM), Freeport‑McMoRan (FCX), Barrick (B), Agnico Eagle (AEM), and Royal Gold (RGLD) — these had the highest dollar trading volume among gold stocks in recent days.
  • Investor takeaway: gold stocks offer exposure to gold prices and company upside but carry significant company‑specific, operational and jurisdictional risks that can make them more volatile than the metal itself.
  • Company notes: Newmont is a global producer with operations across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania, while Royal Gold is a royalty/streaming firm that acquires and manages precious‑metal streams and royalties to finance mining projects.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Newmont.

Newmont, Freeport-McMoRan, Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle Mines, and Royal Gold are the five Gold stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Gold stocks are shares of companies whose business is tied to the gold industry—primarily gold miners and explorers as well as royalty and streaming firms or providers of mining services. Investors buy them to gain exposure to the price of gold and potential upside from company growth, but they also carry company-specific operational, jurisdictional and management risks that can make them more volatile than the metal itself. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Gold stocks within the last several days.

Newmont (NEM)

Newmont Corporation engages in the production and exploration of gold. It also explores for copper, silver, zinc, and lead. The company has operations and/or assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru, Suriname, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, Fiji, and Ghana.

Read Our Latest Research Report on NEM

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. It primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals. The company's assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile.

Read Our Latest Research Report on FCX

Barrick Mining (B)

Barrick Gold Corporation is a sector-leading gold and copper producer.  Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GOLD and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX.   In January 2019 Barrick merged with Randgold Resources and in July that year it combined its gold mines in Nevada, USA, with those of Newmont Corporation in a joint venture, Nevada Gold Mines, which is majority-owned and operated by Barrick.

Read Our Latest Research Report on B

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, a gold mining company, exploration, development, and production of precious metals. It explores for gold. The company's mines are located in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico, with exploration and development activities in Canada, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

Read Our Latest Research Report on AEM

Royal Gold (RGLD)

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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on RGLD

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