Barrick Gold Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barrick Gold in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Barrick Gold stock.
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Barrick Gold saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 10,750,000 shares, a decline of 32.4% from the January 14th total of 15,900,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Barrick Gold is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE:GOLD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 17th. The basic materials company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.04. Barrick Gold had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.63% and a net margin of 24.81%.
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Barrick Gold's stock was trading at $18.79 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GOLD shares have increased by 5.6% and is now trading at $19.84.
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Barrick Gold announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 19th. Investors of record on Monday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 26th.
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Barrick Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.85%. Barrick Gold has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Barrick Gold is 70.59%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Barrick Gold will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.91% next year. This indicates that Barrick Gold will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Barrick Gold's stock. Their forecasts range from $7.50 to $43.25. On average, they anticipate Barrick Gold's stock price to reach $31.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 59.1% from the stock's current price.
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22 employees have rated Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow on Glassdoor.com. Mark Bristow has an approval rating of 79% among Barrick Gold's employees.

Some companies that are related to Barrick Gold include Newmont (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Kirkland Lake Gold (KL), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Gold Fields (GFI), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), B2Gold (BTG), Yamana Gold (AUY), First Majestic Silver (AG) and Alamos Gold (AGI).
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (4.74%), FMR LLC (3.87%), Flossbach Von Storch AG (3.02%), FIL Ltd (2.55%), BlackRock Inc. (2.40%) and CIBC Asset Management Inc (1.02%).
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GOLD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, FIL Ltd, Boston Partners, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Majedie Asset Management Ltd, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., BlackRock Inc., and Wells Fargo & Company MN.
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GOLD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Flossbach Von Storch AG, Van ECK Associates Corp, Morgan Stanley, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Pendal Group Limited, and JBF Capital Inc..
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Shares of GOLD 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 $19.84.

Barrick Gold has a market capitalization of $35.28 billion and generates $9.72 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.97 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.51 on an earnings per share basis.

Barrick Gold employs 22,500 workers across the globe.

Barrick Gold was founded in 1983.

The official website for Barrick Gold is www.barrick.com.

Barrick Gold is headquartered at 161 BAY STREET BROOKFIELD PLACE TD CANADA TRUST TOWER SUITE 3700, Toronto A6, M5J2S1.

Barrick Gold's mailing address is 161 BAY STREET BROOKFIELD PLACE TD CANADA TRUST TOWER SUITE 3700, Toronto A6, M5J2S1. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 800-720-7415 or via email at [email protected]