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ROYAL GOLD INC RGLD
ROYAL GOLD INC (RGLD) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.67% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $1.0B at a 45.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-09 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-06 | Jefferies | Buy (main) |
| 2026-06-30 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-04-15 | UBS | Buy (init) |
| 2026-01-26 | Scotiabank | Sector Perform (down) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.027 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.129 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.067 |
| Equity / liabilities | 3.09 |
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RGLD | ROYAL GOLD INC | 4/9 | 4.29 | 37.8 | +43.2% |
| SSRM | SSR MINING INC. | 6/9 | 4.05 | 15.4 | +63.7% |
| MSB | MESABI TRUST | 6/9 | — | 3.5 | +331.3% |
| MUFG | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4/9 | — | — | +9.5% |
| MFG | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 4/9 | — | — | +7.6% |
| NMR | NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | 2/9 | — | — | +0.5% |
| IX | ORIX CORP | 7/9 | — | — | +15.9% |
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About ROYAL GOLD INC
Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, acquires and manages precious metal streams, royalties, and related interests in North America, South and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Australia Pacific. It operates through Acquisition and Management of Stream Interests and Acquisition and Management of Royalty Interests segments. The company engages in the acquisition of existing stream and royalty interests; and the financing of projects that are in production, development, or in the exploration stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests, which consists of gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, molybdenum, diamonds, uranium, iron, platinum, palladium, rhodium, lithium, titanium, cobalt, barite, tungsten, and coal. Its properties are located in Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Zambia, Australia, Ghana, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Nicaragua, Macedonia, Botswana, Spain, and internationally. Royal Gold, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
FAQ
Is RGLD financially healthy?
ROYAL GOLD INC's Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does RGLD pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. ROYAL GOLD INC pays a dividend yielding about 0.67% with a 25.4% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is RGLD?
In FY2025, ROYAL GOLD INC had a net margin of 45.2% and a return on equity of 6.5%.
Is RGLD overvalued or undervalued?
ROYAL GOLD INC trades at about 34.8× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 24.4×–80.0×, median 39.4×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for RGLD?
The average Wall-Street price target for ROYAL GOLD INC is $302.67, about 30.0% above the recent price, from 12 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is RGLD a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ROYAL GOLD INC: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 37.8×, a dividend yield of 0.67%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.