Gold Fields (GFI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Gold Fields Limited is a South Africa-based gold mining company. Its business includes the exploration, development, extraction and processing of mineral resources, with gold as its primary product and copper produced at some operations.

The company operates mines and projects in Australia, Ghana, Peru, South Africa and Chile. Its activities span the full mining cycle, from evaluating and developing deposits to operating mines and processing ore.

Gold Fields was formed in 1998 through the combination of Gold Fields of South Africa and Gencor’s gold assets. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GFI.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $37.86 to $39.51
• 50-Day Range: $32.84 to $48.28
• 52-Week Range: $31.11 to $61.64
• Volume: 4.03 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.62 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $33.83 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.17%
• Price Target: $52.46
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Gold Fields Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Gold Fields scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 32nd out of 228 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: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Gold Fields has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Gold Fields has a consensus price target of $52.46, representing about 37.5% upside from its current price of $38.16.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Gold Fields has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Gold Fields are expected to grow by 8.45% in the coming year, from $4.14 to $4.49 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Gold Fields has a PEG Ratio of 0.53. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Gold Fields has a P/B Ratio of 3.94. 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

1.23% of the float of Gold Fields has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Gold Fields has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.88, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Gold Fields has recently increased by 37.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Gold Fields is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.32%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Gold Fields does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Gold Fields will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.41% next year. This indicates that Gold Fields will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Gold Fields has a news sentiment score of 0.50. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Gold Fields this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for GFI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added Gold Fields to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -44% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

36.80% of the stock of Gold Fields is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

24.81% of the stock of Gold Fields is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/24 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/24 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/24/2026
• Today: 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GFI
• Previous Symbol: JSE:GFI
• CIK: 1172724
• Web: www.goldfields.com
• Phone: (711) 562-9700
• Fax: 011-27-86-720-2704
• Employees: 6,628
• Year Founded: 1887

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Gold Fields: $52.46
• High Price Target: $57.25
• Low Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.50
• P/E Growth: 0.53
• 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: 0.27
• Current Ratio: 1.87
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.87
• Cash Flow: $4.05 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.41
• Book Value: $9.69 per share
• Price / Book: 3.94

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 886,660,000
• Free Float: 560,367,000
• Market Cap: $33.83 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.68