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Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD)

Basic Materials | Gold | Denver, United States | NasdaqGS
193.47 USD -3.36 (-1.707%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:31 a.m. EDT

Royal Gold presents a compelling case for long-term ownership despite its current technical weakness. The business generates exceptional operating margins exceeding 60% and boasts a robust analyst consensus with a mean target price implying substantial upside from current levels. While the stock trades below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages and recent price action has been negative, the underlying fundamentals remain intact with a growing dividend and strong earnings growth. The negative free cash flow is a notable constraint, but the positive operating cash flow supports the payout. For investors seeking exposure to gold with a defensive profile, the current dip offers an attractive entry point relative to the long-term trajectory, though the low yield reflects the premium paid for quality and growth rather than income.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.105692
MSTL0.135665
AutoARIMA0.142086
AutoETS0.142089

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 3.72
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.756
Excess Kurtosis -0.07
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-01
Debt to Equity Ratio 7.983
Revenue per Share 17.472
Market Cap 16,419,141,632
Trailing P/E 23.42
Forward P/E 14.66
Beta 0.45
Profit Margins 48.91%
Website https://www.royalgold.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:31 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with heavy out-of-the-money call open interest across multiple expirations, suggesting a bullish thesis on continued appreciation. However, deep in-the-money put strikes show inflated implied volatility, indicating hedging activity against a sharp downside move. The overall options flow leans bullish despite the recent price weakness.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.23% 0.85% 1.12% 1.17%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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
dividendRate 1.9
dividendYield 0.97
exDividendDate 2026-07-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.875
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.009525986
lastDividendValue 0.475
lastDividendDate 2026-07-02
dividendDate 2026-07-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.23157299
Address1 1,144 15th Street
Address2 Suite 2500
All Time High 306.25
All Time Low 0.03125
Ask 197.61
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 689,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 754,462
Average Volume 754,462
Average Volume10Days 689,770
Beta 0.445
Bid 193.0
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 3
Book Value 87.456
City Denver
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 193.47
Current Ratio 3.521
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 195.0
Day Low 191.01
Debt To Equity 7.983
Display Name Royal Gold
Dividend Date 1,784,160,000
Dividend Rate 1.9
Dividend Yield 0.97
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,169,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,169,600
Earnings Growth 0.919
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.477
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,960,000
Ebitda 1,073,617,024
Ebitda Margins 0.82838994
Enterprise To Ebitda 15.674
Enterprise To Revenue 12.984
Enterprise Value 16,827,826,176
Eps Current Year 10.92818
Eps Forward 13.19727
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.26
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,950,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax (303) 747-6244
Fifty Day Average 217.2338
Fifty Day Average Change -23.763794
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.10939271
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.157299
Fifty Two Week High 306.25
Fifty Two Week High Change -112.78
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.36826122
Fifty Two Week Low 150.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change 42.72
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2833831
Fifty Two Week Range 150.75 - 306.25
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 360,941,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.12
Float Shares 84,561,082
Forward Eps 13.19727
Forward P E 14.65985
Free Cashflow -409,444,384
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 39
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.87133
Gross Profits 1,129,267,968
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00265
Held Percent Institutions 0.85453004
Implied Shares Outstanding 84,866,602
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 1,782,950,400
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 16,419,141,632
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_301040
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 633,913,024
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 16,704,293,271
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 194.165
Operating Cashflow 862,038,976
Operating Margins 0.63776
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.2237
Peg Ratio 1.06
Phone (303) 573-1660
Pre Market Change 0.22000122
Pre Market Change Percent 0.113713354
Pre Market Price 193.69
Pre Market Time 1,784,021,425
Previous Close 196.83
Price Eps Current Year 17.703772
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.212198
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 12.668847
Profit Margins 0.48911998
Quick Ratio 3.22
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.83333
Region US
Regular Market Change -3.36
Regular Market Change Percent -1.70706
Regular Market Day High 195.0
Regular Market Day Low 191.01
Regular Market Day Range 191.01 - 195.0
Regular Market Open 194.165
Regular Market Previous Close 196.83
Regular Market Price 193.47
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 842,748
Return On Assets 0.08096
Return On Equity 0.119820006
Revenue Growth 1.43
Revenue Per Share 17.472
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 84,866,602
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0318
Shares Short 2,695,322
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,388,040
Short Name Royal Gold, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.036
Short Ratio 3.45
Source Interval 15
State CO
Symbol RGLD
Target High Price 375.0
Target Low Price 209.0
Target Mean Price 318.66666
Target Median Price 330.5
Total Cash 234,142,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.759
Total Debt 595,689,024
Total Revenue 1,296,024,960
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.875
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.009525986
Trailing Eps 8.26
Trailing P E 23.422518
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 229.3163
Two Hundred Day Average Change -35.8463
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.15631814
Type Disp Equity
Volume 842,748
Website https://www.royalgold.com
Zip 80,202-1161