Barrick Mining (B) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Barrick Mining Corporation, formerly known as Barrick Gold Corporation, is a global mining company focused primarily on the production of gold and copper. Its activities include the exploration, development, construction and operation of mines, as well as processing ore into refined metal products.

The company operates and holds interests in mining assets across several regions, including North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Papua New Guinea. Its portfolio includes gold operations such as Nevada Gold Mines in the United States, Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, Veladero in Argentina, Kibali in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and North Mara and Bulyanhulu in Tanzania. Barrick also produces copper through assets including Lumwana in Zambia, Zaldívar in Chile and Jabal Sayid in Saudi Arabia.

Barrick traces its history to 1983, when it was founded as Barrick Resources Corporation, and grew through the acquisition and development of precious-metals assets worldwide. The company changed its name to Barrick Mining Corporation in 2025 to reflect its broader focus on both gold and copper. Mark Bristow serves as president and chief executive officer, while John Thornton is the company’s executive chairman. Barrick Mining is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol B.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $42.13 to $43.00
• 50-Day Range: $34.81 to $48.86
• 52-Week Range: $30.35 to $54.69
• Volume: 9.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.55 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $69.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.94
• Dividend Yield: 1.65%
• Price Target: $52.90
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Barrick Mining Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Barrick Mining scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 19th out of 226 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: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Barrick Mining has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 16 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Barrick Mining has a consensus price target of $52.90, representing about 24.6% upside from its current price of $42.44.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Barrick Mining has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.23%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Barrick Mining are expected to grow by 15.23% in the coming year, from $3.48 to $4.01 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Barrick Mining is 10.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Barrick Mining is 10.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Barrick Mining has a PEG Ratio of 1.28. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Barrick Mining has a P/B Ratio of 1.98. 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

1.79% of the float of Barrick Mining has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Barrick Mining has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.42, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Barrick Mining has recently increased by 26.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Barrick Mining pays a meaningful dividend of 1.60%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Barrick Mining does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Barrick Mining is 18.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Barrick Mining will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.46% next year. This indicates that Barrick Mining will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.36

News Sentiment

Barrick Mining has a news sentiment score of 0.36. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Barrick Mining this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

69 people have searched for B on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 19% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

36 people have added Barrick Mining to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 89% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Barrick Mining insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.22% of the stock of Barrick Mining is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.82% of the stock of Barrick Mining is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/10/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/23/2026
• Mining Forum Americas 2026: 9/29/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Precious Metals & Minerals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:B
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GOLD
• CIK: 756894
• Web: www.barrick.com
• Phone: (416) 861-9911
• Fax: 514-985-8843
• Employees: 27,000
• Year Founded: 1983

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Barrick Mining: $52.90
• High Price Target: $77.00
• Low Price Target: $42.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.88
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.20
• P/E Growth: 1.28
• Net Income: $4.99 billion
• Net Margins: 31.60%
• Pretax Margin: 59.26%
• Return on Equity: 16.02%
• Return on Assets: 11.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.13
• Current Ratio: 3.01
• Quick Ratio: 2.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $16.96 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.12
• Cash Flow: $3.49 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.16
• Book Value: $21.44 per share
• Price / Book: 1.98

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,645,880,000
• Free Float: 1,559,969,000
• Market Cap: $69.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.51