DRDGOLD (DRD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DRDGOLD Limited is a South African gold producer focused on the recovery of gold from historical mine dumps and tailings. Rather than operating conventional underground mines, the company reprocesses surface material generated by earlier mining activities, extracting gold that remains in the tailings.

Its principal operations are the Ergo Mining and Far West Gold Recoveries businesses. Ergo operates in the Witwatersrand Basin near Johannesburg and the East Rand, while Far West Gold Recoveries processes surface material from the western Witwatersrand. The company’s activities include retreatment, milling, gold recovery, tailings deposition and the rehabilitation of areas affected by historical mining.

DRDGOLD has roots in South Africa’s long-established gold-mining industry and is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and, through American depositary shares, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DRD. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg and is led by Chief Executive Officer Niël Pretorius.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $25.54 to $26.68
• 50-Day Range: $19.66 to $31.30
• 52-Week Range: $19.47 to $39.37
• Volume: 337,765 shs
• Average Volume: 273,478 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.29 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.45%
• Price Target: $35.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

DRDGOLD Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DRDGOLD scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 74th 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: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

DRDGOLD has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

DRDGOLD has a consensus price target of $35.00, representing about 32.0% upside from its current price of $26.51.

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 3.04. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.73% 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 1.69, 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 52.14%, 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 4.57%, 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: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

DRDGOLD has a news sentiment score of 0.70. 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 0.52 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for DRDGOLD this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for DRD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added DRDGOLD to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% 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: 9/22/2026
• Mining Forum Americas 2026: 9/28/2026
• 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: +32.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• 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: 3.39
• Cash Flow: $3.41 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.78
• Book Value: $8.73 per share
• Price / Book: 3.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 86,460,000
• Free Float: 85,594,000
• Market Cap: $2.29 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.49