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Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD)

Basic Materials | Gold | Denver, United States | NasdaqGS
233.00 USD +8.16 (3.629%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 233.00 +0.00 (0.000%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 5:43 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 3, 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT

Royal Gold presents a compelling long-term case built on exceptional operational leverage and profitability. The company is generating robust revenue growth of over 100% year-over-year alongside industry-leading profit margins exceeding 48% and operating margins near 62%. Despite a return on equity of 13.6% falling short of the highest tier benchmarks, the balance sheet remains fortress-like with a current ratio of nearly 3.0 and manageable debt levels. The forward P/E of 18.25 reflects the market's expectation of continued earnings expansion. However, the stock is currently trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, creating a technical headwind that has dampened recent momentum. Options flow contradicts this technical weakness, with traders placing significant call bets at higher price targets, aligning with analyst consensus that sees substantial upside potential. For income investors, the 0.82% yield is modest, though the payout ratio of roughly 20% ensures sustainability. The investment thesis rests on the belief that the company's ability to monetize gold production efficiently will drive compounding returns over the next decade, making it a solid core holding for a diversified portfolio despite the current price consolidation.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.184882
AutoETS0.184886
MSTL0.189197
AutoTheta0.211327

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 2.40
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.016
Excess Kurtosis 0.51
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-10-01
Debt to Equity Ratio 5.186
Revenue per Share 19.455
Market Cap 19,741,589,504
Trailing P/E 25.86
Forward P/E 18.13
Beta 0.45
Profit Margins 48.05%
Website https://www.royalgold.com

As of Oct. 3, 2026, 4:17 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant upside, evidenced by heavy out-of-the-money call open interest walls at strikes ranging from $300 to $420, well above the current price. While protective put buying exists near the $220-$270 range, the call skew indicates a bullish sentiment on continued appreciation. Implied volatility remains moderate around 43%, suggesting the market is pricing in a standard move rather than extreme uncertainty.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.20% 0.83% 1.06% 1.15%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-10-02 0.475 0.202438
2026-07-02 0.475 0.232695
2026-04-02 0.475 0.180863
2026-01-02 0.475 0.214815
2025-10-03 0.450 0.224618
2025-07-03 0.450 0.250250
2025-04-04 0.450 0.289203
2025-01-03 0.450 0.334722
2024-10-04 0.400 0.287832
2024-07-05 0.400 0.305344
2024-04-04 0.400 0.326797
2024-01-04 0.400 0.337382
2023-10-05 0.375 0.361202
2023-07-06 0.375 0.331565
2023-04-05 0.375 0.274927
2023-01-05 0.375 0.311126
2022-10-06 0.350 0.352006
2022-06-30 0.350 0.327777
2022-03-31 0.350 0.247735
2022-01-06 0.350 0.355150
2021-09-30 0.300 0.314169
2021-07-01 0.300 0.261940
2021-03-31 0.300 0.278759
2021-01-07 0.300 0.274173
2020-10-01 0.280 0.232520
2020-07-01 0.280 0.226886
2020-04-02 0.280 0.301789
2020-01-02 0.280 0.231176
2019-10-03 0.265 0.211560
2019-07-03 0.265 0.253370
2019-04-04 0.265 0.285899
2019-01-03 0.265 0.312095
2018-10-04 0.250 0.325648
2018-07-05 0.250 0.262357
2018-04-05 0.250 0.290360
2018-01-04 0.250 0.297725
2017-10-05 0.240 0.277778
2017-07-05 0.240 0.309119
2017-04-05 0.240 0.340861
2017-01-04 0.240 0.369458
2016-09-28 0.230 0.288763
2016-06-29 0.230 0.325595
2016-03-30 0.230 0.442478
2016-01-06 0.230 0.621286
2015-09-30 0.220 0.468284
2015-06-30 0.220 0.357201
2015-03-31 0.220 0.348598
2014-12-30 0.220 0.348211
2014-10-01 0.210 0.321199
2014-07-01 0.210 0.278699
2014-04-02 0.210 0.329205
2013-12-31 0.210 0.455828
2013-10-02 0.200 0.407997
2013-07-02 0.200 0.481000
2013-04-03 0.200 0.308880
2013-01-02 0.200 0.241429
2012-10-03 0.150 0.154083
2012-07-03 0.150 0.188017
2012-04-03 0.150 0.225632
2012-01-04 0.150 0.219106
2011-09-28 0.110 0.167836
2011-06-29 0.110 0.188615
2011-03-30 0.110 0.211335
2011-01-05 0.110 0.216535
2010-09-29 0.090 0.179641
2010-06-30 0.090 0.187500
2010-03-30 0.090 0.197802
2009-12-30 0.090 0.192843
2009-09-30 0.080 0.175439
2009-06-30 0.080 0.191893
2009-04-01 0.080 0.164609
2008-12-30 0.080 0.164204
2008-10-01 0.070 0.186121
2008-07-01 0.070 0.208644
2008-04-02 0.070 0.230263
2008-01-02 0.070 0.218682
2007-10-03 0.065 0.204531
2007-07-03 0.065 0.258552
2007-04-03 0.065 0.215089
2007-01-03 0.065 0.191120
2006-10-04 0.055 0.216025
2006-07-05 0.055 0.195869
2006-04-05 0.055 0.150933
2006-01-04 0.055 0.148890
2005-10-05 0.050 0.201613
2005-07-06 0.050 0.251383
2005-04-06 0.050 0.271444
2005-01-05 0.050 0.302847
2004-09-29 0.038 0.230723
2004-06-30 0.038 0.268172
2004-03-31 0.038 0.214568
2003-12-30 0.038 0.178908
2003-07-01 0.050 0.223714
2002-12-31 0.050 0.200642
2002-07-02 0.075 0.586396
2001-07-03 0.050 1.149425
2000-07-03 0.050 1.739130
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.85
exDividendDate 2026-10-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.95
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.004225227
lastDividendValue 0.475
lastDividendDate 2026-10-02
dividendDate 2026-10-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.20251858
Address1 1,144 15th Street
Address2 Suite 2500
All Time High 306.25
All Time Low 0.03125
Ask 253.23
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 546,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 673,856
Average Volume 673,856
Average Volume10Days 546,320
Beta 0.446
Bid 244.13
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 3
Book Value 89.604
City Denver
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 233.0
Current Ratio 2.924
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 233.9
Day Low 226.5
Debt To Equity 5.186
Display Name Royal Gold
Dividend Date 1,792,108,800
Dividend Yield 0.85
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,032,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,032,000
Earnings Growth 0.383
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.786
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Ebitda 1,274,184,960
Ebitda Margins 0.82972
Enterprise To Ebitda 15.698
Enterprise To Revenue 13.025
Enterprise Value 20,001,654,784
Eps Current Year 10.40545
Eps Forward 12.85182
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.01
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax (303) 747-6244
Fifty Day Average 245.5668
Fifty Day Average Change -12.566803
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.05117468
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 20.251858
Fifty Two Week High 306.25
Fifty Two Week High Change -73.25
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23918368
Fifty Two Week Low 168.88
Fifty Two Week Low Change 64.119995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.37967783
Fifty Two Week Range 168.88 - 306.25
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 360,941,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.06
Float Shares 84,416,906
Forward Eps 12.85182
Forward P E 18.129728
Free Cashflow -189,505,504
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 39
Fullday Change 7.1600037
Fullday Change Percent 3.1844883
Fullday Price 233.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.86802
Gross Profits 1,333,010,944
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00252
Held Percent Institutions 0.86986
Implied Shares Outstanding 84,727,857
Industry Gold
Industry Disp Gold
Industry Key gold
Ir Website http://www.royalgold.com/new/frames/investor_relations.htm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Last Dividend Value 0.475
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Royal Gold, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 19,741,589,504
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_301040
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 737,956,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 21,884,358,184
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 228.79
Operating Cashflow 1,044,390,016
Operating Margins 0.62036
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.2076
Peg Ratio 1.06
Phone (303) 573-1660
Post Market Change 0.00010681152
Post Market Change Percent 0.000045841854
Post Market Price 233.0001
Post Market Time 1,792,100,595
Previous Close 224.84
Price Eps Current Year 22.392113
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.6003304
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 12.855251
Profit Margins 0.48054
Quick Ratio 2.636
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.83333
Region US
Regular Market Change 8.16
Regular Market Change Percent 3.62925
Regular Market Day High 233.9
Regular Market Day Low 226.5
Regular Market Day Range 226.5 - 233.9
Regular Market Open 228.79
Regular Market Previous Close 224.84
Regular Market Price 233.0
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,400
Regular Market Volume 601,093
Return On Assets 0.09351
Return On Equity 0.136
Revenue Growth 1.155
Revenue Per Share 19.455
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 84,727,857
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.026400002
Shares Short 2,232,613
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,575,154
Short Name Royal Gold, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0299
Short Ratio 3.35
Source Interval 15
State CO
Symbol RGLD
Target High Price 380.0
Target Low Price 222.0
Target Mean Price 310.83334
Target Median Price 317.5
Total Cash 182,468,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.154
Total Debt 395,892,000
Total Revenue 1,535,682,944
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.95
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.004225227
Trailing Eps 9.01
Trailing P E 25.860155
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 241.41895
Two Hundred Day Average Change -8.418945
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.034872763
Type Disp Equity
Volume 601,093
Website https://www.royalgold.com
Zip 80,202-1161