Q4 Earnings Forecast for Royal Gold Issued By Raymond James

Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD) (TSE:RGL) – Stock analysts at Raymond James cut their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Royal Gold in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 21st. Raymond James analyst B. Macarthur now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings of $2.13 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.14. Raymond James has a “Outperform” rating and a $200.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Royal Gold’s current full-year earnings is $6.20 per share.

Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) (TSE:RGL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The basic materials company reported $1.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $193.44 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $176.17 million. Royal Gold had a net margin of 46.15% and a return on equity of 11.46%. Royal Gold’s revenue was up 29.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.91 EPS.

RGLD has been the topic of several other reports. Scotiabank raised shares of Royal Gold from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $166.00 to $189.00 in a research note on Monday, April 14th. BMO Capital Markets set a $197.00 price objective on shares of Royal Gold and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday. CIBC upped their price target on shares of Royal Gold from $202.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Royal Gold from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Royal Gold from $175.00 to $170.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $183.13.

Royal Gold Stock Performance

Shares of RGLD opened at $180.59 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.83, a P/E/G ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 0.48. The company’s fifty day moving average is $172.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $153.56. Royal Gold has a 1 year low of $119.72 and a 1 year high of $191.78.

Royal Gold Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 3rd will be given a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 3rd. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. Royal Gold’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.80%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Randy Shefman sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $154.98, for a total value of $201,474.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 9,360 shares in the company, valued at $1,450,612.80. The trade was a 12.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Royal Gold

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in RGLD. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in shares of Royal Gold by 129.4% in the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 12,229 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,612,000 after buying an additional 6,899 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC purchased a new position in Royal Gold in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in Royal Gold by 40.3% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 574 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $81,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV lifted its holdings in Royal Gold by 1,904.4% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 33,874 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $4,466,000 after purchasing an additional 32,184 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Royal Gold by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 41,999 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,538,000 after purchasing an additional 3,634 shares in the last quarter. 83.65% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.