Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE:GOLD) currently has a daily average trading volume of 25.37M but it saw 27803847 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 35.52B USD, the company’s current market price of $20.65 came rising about 1.62 while comparing to the previous closing price of $20.32. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $21.35 and as low as $15.11. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $20.41 while lowest mark touched by it was $21.11.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD) gives us an average price of $19.26, while its current price level is -3.28% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 36.66% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $18.63 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $18.33. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.61% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.75%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 64.68 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

UBS upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on March 05, 2025 while assigning a price target of $22. BofA Securities issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $21 and $18.

Over the week, GOLD’s stock price is moving 9.84% up while it is 6.83% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 33.23% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 18.88%.

Currently, Barrick Gold Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.73B with 0.76% of that held by the insiders while 61.62% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.39% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.00%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 16.86 while having a 10.20 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.22. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.47 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.75. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.59% on average.