Barrick Gold - GOLD Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barrick Gold in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" GOLD shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Barrick Gold's stock. Their GOLD share price forecasts range from $24.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $29.04 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 73.1% from the stock's current price.
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Barrick Gold's stock was trading at $19.00 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, GOLD stock has decreased by 11.7% and is now trading at $16.78.
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Barrick Gold saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 28,340,000 shares, a decline of 9.6% from the July 15th total of 31,340,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 20,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE:GOLD) released its earnings results on Monday, August, 8th. The gold and copper producer reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.02. The gold and copper producer earned $2.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.85 billion. Barrick Gold had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.95% and a net margin of 16.87%. Barrick Gold's quarterly revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.29 EPS.

Barrick Gold declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $0.156 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 30th.
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Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.42%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 35.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GOLD will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.09% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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22 employees have rated Barrick Gold Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow on Glassdoor.com. Mark Bristow has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees.

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Barrick Gold trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GOLD."

Barrick Gold's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Van ECK Associates Corp (4.21%), FMR LLC (3.97%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.11%), Bank of Nova Scotia (0.89%), TD Asset Management Inc. (0.80%) and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (0.47%).
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Shares of GOLD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GOLD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.78.

Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) has a market capitalization of $29.71 billion and generates $11.99 billion in revenue each year. The gold and copper producer earns $2.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.13 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,300 workers across the globe.

Barrick Gold was founded in 1983.

Barrick Gold's mailing address is 161 BAY STREET BROOKFIELD PLACE TD CANADA TRUST TOWER SUITE 3700, Toronto A6, M5J2S1. The official website for the company is www.barrick.com. The gold and copper producer can be reached via phone at 800-720-7415, via email at investor@barrick.com, or via fax at 514-985-8843.