3 Best Gold Stocks to Buy in 2025

Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now

By Matthew DiLallo – Updated Nov 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM | Fact-checked by Robin Hartill, CFP

Key Points

Gold ETFs offer diversified exposure to gold stocks, simplifying investments with reasonable fees.
Franco-Nevada provides stable cash flow through royalties and streaming agreements, reducing the risks of mining cost overruns.
Gold mining stocks can leverage production growth to outperform the rise in the market price of physical gold.

Gold stocks are publicly traded investments focused on gold. The industry consists of the following types of entities:

Mining companies: These companies explore for gold resources, develop mines, and sell gold and other metals.
Gold-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs): These funds own physical gold or shares of several gold mining companies.
Gold streaming and royalty companies: These companies pay up-front fees to mining companies in exchange for:
- A percentage of the mine’s revenue, e.g., a mining royalty.
- The right to purchase the future production of a specific metal at a certain mine for a fixed price, e.g., a mining stream.

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Ticker Information Table
Name and ticker	Market cap	Dividend yield	Industry
Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)	$63.2 billion	1.22%	Metals and Mining
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV)	$38.0 billion	0.76%	Metals and Mining
VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:GDX)	$0.0 million	0.00%	Capital Markets

Data as of Nov 15, 2025.

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NYSE: B

Barrick Mining

Today's Change

(1.68%) $0.61

Current Price

$37.03

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$63B

Day's Range

$34.97 - $37.73

52wk Range

$15.11 - $37.73

Volume

32M

Avg Vol

21M

Gross Margin

45.25%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

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NYSE: FNV

Franco-Nevada

Today's Change

(-0.05%) $-0.09

Current Price

$196.96

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$38B

Day's Range

$190.00 - $198.27

52wk Range

$114.81 - $225.63

Volume

917K

Avg Vol

825K

Gross Margin

71.99%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

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NYSEMKT: GDX

VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Gold Miners ETF

Today's Change

(-1.16%) $-0.89

Current Price

$76.16

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$0B

Day's Range

$73.25 - $76.91

52wk Range

$33.42 - $85.08

Volume

29M

Avg Vol

Gross Margin

0.00%

Dividend Yield

N/A

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About the Author

Matt DiLallo has been a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst specializing in covering dividend-paying companies, particularly in the energy and REIT sectors, since 2012. He also covers pre-IPO companies, ETFs, and other investing topics. He holds an MBA from Liberty University.

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Matt DiLallo has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.