Barrick Gold - GOLD Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barrick Gold in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" GOLD shares.
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11 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Barrick Gold's shares. Their GOLD share price forecasts range from $18.00 to $35.25. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $26.74 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.6% from the stock's current price.
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Barrick Gold's stock was trading at $19.00 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GOLD shares have decreased by 15.0% and is now trading at $16.15.
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Barrick Gold saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 62,600,000 shares, a decline of 31.3% from the August 31st total of 91,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 21,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 8th. The gold and copper producer reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.01. The gold and copper producer had revenue of $2.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.85 billion. Barrick Gold had a net margin of 16.87% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.95%. Barrick Gold's revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.29 earnings per share.

Barrick Gold announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.156 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.86%. The ex-dividend date 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 2.52%. 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 36.36% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.00%).
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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 $16.15.

Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) has a market capitalization of $28.54 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'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.