3 Best Gold Stocks for October 2025

Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now

By Matthew DiLallo – Updated Jun 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

Key Points

Gold stocks include mining companies, ETFs holding gold shares, and streaming/royalty companies.
Rising inflation and geopolitical risks have driven a significant 35% increase in the price of gold over the past year.
Investors should select top-performing gold stocks to potentially earn higher returns than 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)	$54.3 billion	1.41%	Metals and Mining
Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV)	$35.5 billion	0.82%	Metals and Mining
VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:GDX)	$0.0 million	0.00%	Capital Markets

Data as of Oct 28, 2025.

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NYSE: B

Barrick Mining

Today's Change

(0.00%) $0.00

Current Price

$31.84

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$54B

Day's Range

$31.03 - $31.95

52wk Range

$15.11 - $36.40

Volume

16M

Avg Vol

21M

Gross Margin

40.40%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

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NYSE: FNV

Franco-Nevada

Today's Change

(1.57%) $2.89

Current Price

$186.86

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$35B

Day's Range

$181.72 - $187.46

52wk Range

$112.70 - $225.63

Volume

46K

Avg Vol

819K

Gross Margin

71.15%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

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NYSEMKT: GDX

VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Gold Miners ETF

Today's Change

(1.59%) $1.11

Current Price

$71.02

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$0B

Day's Range

$68.42 - $71.23

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.