Q1 2025 Earnings Forecast for Royal Gold, Inc. Issued By Raymond James (NASDAQ:RGLD)

Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD) (TSE:RGL) – Stock analysts at Raymond James increased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Royal Gold in a research report issued on Monday, September 23rd. Raymond James analyst B. Macarthur now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $1.38 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.07. Raymond James has a “Outperformer” rating and a $170.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Royal Gold’s current full-year earnings is $4.83 per share. Raymond James also issued estimates for Royal Gold’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.43 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.50 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $5.76 EPS.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) (TSE:RGL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 7th. The basic materials company reported $1.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.07. Royal Gold had a net margin of 39.15% and a return on equity of 8.74%. The business had revenue of $174.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $172.12 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.88 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research analysts have also commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of Royal Gold from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Royal Gold to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of Royal Gold from $130.00 to $141.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, July 12th. CIBC raised their price objective on shares of Royal Gold from $166.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 10th. Finally, Scotiabank lifted their price target on shares of Royal Gold from $148.00 to $157.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $157.00.

Royal Gold Stock Performance

NASDAQ RGLD opened at $141.80 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $137.69 and a 200-day simple moving average of $129.07. Royal Gold has a one year low of $100.55 and a one year high of $147.65. The firm has a market cap of $9.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.83, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 0.90.

Royal Gold Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 4th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.13%. Royal Gold’s payout ratio is currently 47.20%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Royal Gold news, SVP Randy Shefman sold 4,600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.31, for a total transaction of $645,426.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 7,430 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,042,503.30. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In other Royal Gold news, SVP Randy Shefman sold 4,600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.31, for a total transaction of $645,426.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 7,430 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,042,503.30. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Daniel Breeze sold 840 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.43, for a total transaction of $120,481.20. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 16,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,415,648.06. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 8,355 shares of company stock valued at $1,170,315. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Royal Gold

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Capital World Investors increased its holdings in shares of Royal Gold by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 8,169,223 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $988,149,000 after acquiring an additional 47,807 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Royal Gold by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,664,975 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $811,861,000 after acquiring an additional 21,407 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its holdings in shares of Royal Gold by 6.8% in the 1st quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,595,734 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $559,807,000 after acquiring an additional 292,357 shares during the period. First Eagle Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Royal Gold by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 3,584,967 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $448,694,000 after acquiring an additional 20,508 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in shares of Royal Gold by 34.1% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 834,986 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $104,507,000 after acquiring an additional 212,316 shares during the period. 83.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Royal Gold

Royal Gold, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, acquires and manages precious metal streams, royalties, and related interests. The company engages in acquiring stream and royalty interests or to finance projects that are in production, development, or in the exploration stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests, which primarily consists of gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, and other metals.