Analysts Set Expectations for Kinross Gold FY2026 Earnings

Kinross Gold Co. (TSE:K) (NYSE:KGC) – Analysts at National Bank Financial issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Kinross Gold in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 22nd. National Bank Financial analyst S. Nagle expects that the company will earn $1.90 per share for the year. National Bank Financial has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Kinross Gold’s current full-year earnings is $1.01 per share.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Canada raised Kinross Gold to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. National Bankshares increased their price objective on shares of Kinross Gold from C$22.00 to C$23.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Kinross Gold to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Kinross Gold from C$19.50 to C$23.50 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$18.40.

Kinross Gold Price Performance

K opened at C$20.08 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is C$17.63 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$15.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.81, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.61. The stock has a market capitalization of C$17.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.64, a P/E/G ratio of -0.60 and a beta of 1.24. Kinross Gold has a 52-week low of C$8.84 and a 52-week high of C$21.36.

Kinross Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th were issued a $0.03 dividend. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.60%. Kinross Gold’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.84%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Senior Officer Claude J.S. Schimper sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$15.63, for a total value of C$156,300.00. Also, Senior Officer Geoffrey Peters Gold sold 99,347 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$15.22, for a total transaction of C$1,512,061.34. Insiders have sold a total of 349,670 shares of company stock worth $5,366,186 in the last 90 days. 0.26% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Kinross Gold Company Profile

Kinross Gold is a Canada-based senior gold producer, producing roughly 2.4 million gold equivalent ounces in 2020. The company had 30 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves and 59 million ounces of silver reserves at the end of 2020. It operates mines and focuses its greenfield and brownfield exploration in the Americas, West Africa, and Russia.