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$183.12 +2.55 (+1.41%)
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RGLD vs. NEM, TFPM, SSRM, MSB, SRL, FCX, VALE, WPM, GOLD, and FNV

Should you be buying Royal Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Gold include Newmont (NEM), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), SSR Mining (SSRM), Mesabi Trust (MSB), Scully Royalty (SRL), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and Franco-Nevada (FNV).

Royal Gold vs.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmont has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Newmont had 26 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Newmont and 18 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Newmont's score of 1.05 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Newmont
26 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmont. Newmont is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Gold$719.40M16.52$332.02M$5.0435.83
Newmont$18.68B3.20-$2.49B$2.9318.12

Royal Gold presently has a consensus price target of $178.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.42%. Newmont has a consensus price target of $55.02, suggesting a potential upside of 3.61%. Given Newmont's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newmont is more favorable than Royal Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Gold
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Newmont
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Royal Gold has a net margin of 46.15% compared to Newmont's net margin of 17.92%. Newmont's return on equity of 13.52% beat Royal Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Gold46.15% 11.46% 10.44%
Newmont 17.92%13.52%7.16%

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Newmont pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Royal Gold pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmont pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Newmont is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Newmont received 167 more outperform votes than Royal Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Royal Gold an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave Newmont an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal GoldOutperform Votes
763
70.00%
Underperform Votes
327
30.00%
NewmontOutperform Votes
930
63.22%
Underperform Votes
541
36.78%

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Newmont shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Newmont shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Royal Gold beats Newmont on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RGLD vs. The Competition

MetricRoyal Goldinvesting IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.88B$3.73B$2.99B$7.51B
Dividend Yield0.97%23.71%5.21%4.33%
P/E Ratio35.8313.2874.4118.05
Price / Sales16.5210.2322,957,190,387,247,900.00104.31
Price / Cash20.4029.4524.3334.62
Price / Book3.791.805.214.14
Net Income$332.02M$58.06M$154.82M$247.59M
7 Day Performance-2.34%-2.65%0.61%3.51%
1 Month Performance14.89%2.26%2.08%-5.80%
1 Year Performance49.32%50.08%17.10%2.83%

Royal Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RGLD
Royal Gold
3.3376 of 5 stars
$183.12
+1.4%
$178.00
-2.8%
+50.0%$12.04B$719.40M36.3030Positive News
NEM
Newmont
4.5705 of 5 stars
$55.25
+0.3%
$55.02
-0.4%
+40.8%$62.28B$18.68B18.8632,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Up
TFPM
Triple Flag Precious Metals
2.0527 of 5 stars
$22.23
+1.0%
$21.00
-5.5%
+34.2%$4.46B$268.99M-202.097Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SSRM
SSR Mining
2.556 of 5 stars
$10.54
-2.8%
$10.03
-4.8%
+88.0%$2.13B$995.62M-8.174,550Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
MSB
Mesabi Trust
1.2388 of 5 stars
$27.13
-3.0%
N/A+61.3%$355.95M$25.60M3.87N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
SRL
Scully Royalty
0.8778 of 5 stars
$7.50
-0.5%
N/A+16.4%$111.17M$46.53M0.0070Upcoming Earnings
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.8529 of 5 stars
$32.93
+0.1%
$48.39
+47.0%
-26.7%$47.32B$25.46B25.5325,600Earnings Report
VALE
Vale
4.3697 of 5 stars
$9.12
+0.1%
$12.44
+36.4%
-21.8%$41.40B$38.06B6.3364,500Positive News
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.0051 of 5 stars
$85.20
+1.4%
$83.40
-2.1%
+55.4%$38.65B$1.28B63.5840Analyst Revision
Positive News
GOLD
Barrick Gold
3.7201 of 5 stars
$20.46
+1.4%
$24.05
+17.5%
+14.3%$35.18B$12.92B16.6324,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
FNV
Franco-Nevada
3.0884 of 5 stars
$173.43
+1.4%
$162.25
-6.4%
+42.5%$33.39B$1.11B-54.8840Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:RGLD) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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