Royal Gold, Inc.

NasdaqGS:RGLD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.9b

Royal Gold Valuation

Is RGLD undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RGLD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RGLD ($134.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($241.81)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RGLD is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RGLD?

Key metric: As RGLD is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RGLD. This is calculated by dividing RGLD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RGLD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.7x
EarningsUS$287.39m
Market CapUS$8.92b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RGLD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RGLD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.5x
AU AngloGold Ashanti
20.8x43.0%US$11.7b
BVN Compañía de Minas BuenaventuraA
8.6x2.9%US$3.2b
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines
38.3x9.1%US$38.9b
DRD DRDGOLD
10.4xn/aUS$752.1m
RGLD Royal Gold
30.7x17.8%US$8.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RGLD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x) compared to the peer average (19.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RGLD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Metals and Mining Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VITF.F Victoria Gold
2.1xn/aUS$23.43m
BMXI Brookmount Explorations
0.5xn/aUS$4.66m
RMRI Rocky Mountain Industrials
0.9xn/aUS$1.76m
PTEE.F Plaintree Systems
1.3xn/aUS$904.77k
RGLD 30.7xIndustry Avg. 15.5xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RGLD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x) compared to the US Metals and Mining industry average (15.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RGLD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RGLD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.7x
Fair PE Ratio21.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RGLD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst RGLD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$134.10
US$170.27
+27.0%
8.0%US$186.00US$140.00n/a11
Dec ’25US$146.26
US$169.36
+15.8%
8.5%US$186.00US$140.00n/a11
Nov ’25US$145.45
US$164.91
+13.4%
10.3%US$184.00US$133.00n/a11
Oct ’25US$141.85
US$160.18
+12.9%
9.7%US$184.00US$133.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$140.17
US$159.14
+13.5%
9.0%US$175.00US$131.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$137.55
US$158.50
+15.2%
9.3%US$175.00US$131.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$125.01
US$153.42
+22.7%
8.9%US$168.00US$130.00n/a12
Jun ’25US$128.19
US$152.83
+19.2%
8.9%US$167.00US$129.00n/a12
May ’25US$120.85
US$151.29
+25.2%
9.7%US$168.00US$129.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$122.47
US$143.17
+16.9%
12.0%US$166.00US$115.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$105.65
US$142.33
+34.7%
11.7%US$166.00US$115.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$116.99
US$146.36
+25.1%
8.8%US$160.00US$120.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$120.96
US$143.45
+18.6%
8.5%US$160.00US$120.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$122.84
US$142.64
+16.1%
8.6%US$160.00US$120.00US$146.2611
Nov ’24US$104.69
US$146.36
+39.8%
9.5%US$175.00US$120.00US$145.4511
Oct ’24US$106.33
US$148.09
+39.3%
9.5%US$175.00US$122.00US$141.8511
Sep ’24US$111.44
US$145.77
+30.8%
10.5%US$175.00US$122.00US$140.1713
Aug ’24US$115.78
US$145.54
+25.7%
10.4%US$175.00US$122.00US$137.5513
Jul ’24US$114.78
US$147.69
+28.7%
9.0%US$175.00US$122.00US$125.0113
Jun ’24US$126.77
US$148.38
+17.1%
8.1%US$175.00US$122.00US$128.1913
May ’24US$133.18
US$147.62
+10.8%
8.7%US$175.00US$122.00US$120.8513
Apr ’24US$129.71
US$141.77
+9.3%
7.0%US$155.00US$119.00US$122.4713
Mar ’24US$120.80
US$142.08
+17.6%
6.8%US$155.00US$119.00US$105.6513
Feb ’24US$130.57
US$140.92
+7.9%
6.4%US$155.00US$119.00US$116.9913
Jan ’24US$112.72
US$133.31
+18.3%
8.2%US$150.00US$113.00US$120.9613
Dec ’23US$114.00
US$134.25
+17.8%
8.0%US$150.00US$113.00US$122.8412

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 23:39
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Royal Gold, Inc. is covered by 31 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Farooq HamedBarclays
Garrett NelsonBB&T Capital Markets
Brian QuastBMO Capital Markets Equity Research