NASDAQ:RGLDRoyal Gold Stock Price, Forecast & News

Royal Gold's stock was trading at $88.02 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, RGLD stock has increased by 43.8% and is now trading at $126.54. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Gold in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Royal Gold.

Royal Gold is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Royal Gold.

Royal Gold will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Royal Gold, Inc (NASDAQ:RGLD) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $136.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $133.59 million. Royal Gold had a net margin of 35.75% and a return on equity of 6.93%. Royal Gold's revenue for the quarter was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.44 earnings per share. View Royal Gold's earnings history.

Royal Gold declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Thursday, July 16th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 1st. View Royal Gold's dividend history.

12 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Royal Gold's stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $152.00. On average, they anticipate Royal Gold's share price to reach $128.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Royal Gold.

News coverage about RGLD stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Royal Gold earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Royal Gold.

Royal Gold saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,170,000 shares, a decrease of 23.5% from the June 15th total of 1,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 706,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Royal Gold's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Royal Gold include Newmont Goldcorp (NEM), NovaGold Resources (NG), Gold Resource (GORO), Vista Gold (VGZ) and Trevali Mining (TV). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Royal Gold investors own include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco Nevada (FNV), NVIDIA (NVDA), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Goldcorp (GG), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Newmont Goldcorp (NEM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Royal Gold trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RGLD."

Royal Gold's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.14%), Legacy Capital Partners Inc. (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Veracity Capital LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Royal Gold stock include Bruce Christopher Kirchhoff, Jamie C Sokalsky, Mark Isto, Ronald J Vance, Sybil E Veenman, Tony A Jensen and William M Hayes. View institutional ownership trends for Royal Gold.

RGLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, Confluence Investment Management LLC, and Legacy Capital Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Royal Gold company stock in the last year include Bruce Christopher Kirchhoff, Mark Isto, Tony A Jensen, and William M Hayes. View insider buying and selling activity for Royal Gold.

RGLD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Veracity Capital LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought Royal Gold stock in the last two years include Jamie C Sokalsky, and Sybil E Veenman. View insider buying and selling activity for Royal Gold.

Shares of RGLD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of RGLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $126.54.

Royal Gold has a market capitalization of $8.30 billion and generates $423.06 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $93.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.45 on an earnings per share basis. Royal Gold employs 23 workers across the globe.

The official website for Royal Gold is www.royalgold.com.

Royal Gold's mailing address is 1144 15TH STREET SUITE 2500, DENVER CO, 80202. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 303-573-1660 or via email at [email protected]