The best gold stocks right now, ranked.
We score 19 US-listed gold stocks, re-ranked every trading day. These 19 rank highest on the full factor model right now. Every US-listed stock Twelve Data files under Gold — miners, not the metal.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aura Minerals, Inc. Gold | $7.2B | 93.8 | +9.6 | 70.6 | 95.2 | 92.8 | 99.4 | 23.6 | 59.5 | 97.5 | 82.2 | 18.4 | |
SSR Mining, Inc. Gold | $6.5B | 93.2 | — | 42.5 | 99.0 | 81.8 | 94.7 | 58.0 | 86.6 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 19.3 | |
Anglogold Ashanti Plc Gold | $46.2B | 93.2 | 0.0 | 38.9 | 99.3 | 82.6 | 91.7 | 69.1 | 79.5 | 94.1 | 97.4 | 5.5 | |
Newmont Corp. Gold | $126.4B | 92.9 | +1.0 | 53.2 | 97.7 | 80.8 | 98.5 | 64.9 | 87.9 | 66.0 | 97.9 | 2.0 | |
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. Gold | $339.6M | 74.3 | +7.8 | 58.1 | 83.6 | 33.5 | 98.6 | 22.7 | 52.9 | 91.1 | 45.4 | 58.4 | |
Caledonia Mining Corp. Plc Gold | $457.7M | 71.4 | −0.9 | 45.2 | 93.4 | 33.8 | 98.1 | 29.7 | 29.9 | 93.9 | 79.7 | 53.8 | |
Royal Gold, Inc. Gold | $19.7B | 53.2 | −2.1 | 38.4 | 87.0 | 63.3 | 87.5 | 23.6 | 15.2 | 86.5 | 94.3 | 10.0 | |
i-80 Gold Corp. Gold | $1.3B | 50.5 | — | 69.6 | 34.7 | 89.8 | 29.2 | 69.0 | 9.4 | 50.3 | 82.6 | 40.7 | |
Coeur Mining, Inc. Gold | $15.9B | 47.7 | −0.7 | 30.5 | 94.5 | 53.4 | 93.9 | 30.5 | 14.0 | 96.6 | 40.8 | 11.2 | |
Gold Royalty Corp. Gold | $678.6M | 47.6 | −3.5 | 48.0 | 53.0 | 57.1 | 40.2 | 23.1 | 63.2 | 67.3 | 70.3 | 48.9 | |
Elemental Royalty Corp. Gold | $1.2B | 42.6 | — | 43.7 | 62.3 | 59.8 | 65.9 | 34.3 | 27.6 | 62.9 | 46.3 | 41.4 | |
Vista Gold Corp. Gold | $385.0M | 34.6 | +3.4 | 30.6 | 63.5 | 78.9 | 36.1 | 28.9 | 40.3 | 34.5 | 51.6 | 56.1 | |
NovaGold Resources, Inc. Gold | $2.9B | 34.1 | — | 46.3 | 67.6 | 45.7 | 59.0 | 47.3 | 36.6 | 32.5 | 39.1 | 30.2 | |
Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. Gold | $1.6B | 34.0 | +7.9 | 41.6 | 47.5 | 71.7 | 21.1 | 60.8 | 61.6 | 29.2 | 29.7 | 38.2 | |
Dakota Gold Corp. Gold | $709.3M | 32.3 | +4.9 | 53.9 | 53.5 | 71.0 | 32.5 | 38.8 | 26.5 | 18.7 | 59.6 | 48.3 | |
Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. Gold | $88.8M | 29.3 | +6.2 | 24.8 | 33.1 | 52.9 | 38.7 | 59.3 | 28.5 | 17.5 | 86.6 | 75.5 | |
Austin Gold Corp. Gold | $11.5M | 26.5 | +3.2 | 24.8 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 30.8 | 59.9 | 54.8 | 38.4 | 40.1 | 90.7 | |
U.S. Gold Corp. Gold | $199.3M | 22.0 | +1.9 | 34.2 | 31.0 | 52.2 | 17.1 | 25.0 | 37.3 | 36.7 | 66.8 | 67.4 | |
Contango Silver & Gold, Inc. Gold | $489.9M | 16.6 | +5.7 | 38.2 | 34.3 | 32.3 | 39.8 | 16.7 | 48.0 | 9.3 | 59.0 | 52.7 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these gold stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 19 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
16 of the 17 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: IAUX at 5.1×, CMCL at 6.9× and SSRM at 11.1×.
Highest forward dividend yields: AUGO at 3.4%, AU at 3.1% and CMCL at 2.4%.
This page is one list. Monday covers the whole market.
Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.
Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about gold stocks.
- What are the best gold stocks right now?
- As at 15 Oct 2026, the top-ranked gold stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Aura Minerals, Inc. (AUGO), SSR Mining, Inc. (SSRM), Anglogold Ashanti Plc (AU). The full top 19 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best gold stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are gold stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 15 Oct 2026: of the 17 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 16 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.