Best Gold Stocks in Basic Materials for 2026
Top-ranked Gold stocks within the Basic Materials sector. Gold miners are a leveraged play on the gold price plus an idiosyncratic cost-curve story; Health rewards balance-sheet discipline since cycle troughs matter most.
Gold miners trade as a leveraged play on the gold price plus an idiosyncratic cost-curve story. Composite scoring tends to reward the Health pillar (net debt to EBITDA, all-in sustaining cost coverage) since cycle troughs are when balance sheet matters most. Valuation pillar uses P/NAV alongside earnings multiples.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Gold stocks in Basic Materials by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRD.US | DRDGOLD Limited ADR | 79.0 |
| 2 | KIN2.XETRA | Kinross Gold Corporation | 77.5 |
| 3 | GFI.US | Gold Fields Ltd ADR | 77.3 |
| 4 | IAG.US | IAMGold Corporation | 76.5 |
| 5 | KGC.US | Kinross Gold Corporation | 76.1 |
| 6 | 1712.HK | Dragon Mining Ltd | 75.8 |
| 7 | FSM.US | Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | 75.8 |
| 8 | B.US | Barrick Mining Corporation | 75.0 |
| 9 | AGI.US | Alamos Gold Inc | 74.8 |
| 10 | 1182.HK | Success Dragon International Holdings Ltd | 74.5 |
| 11 | CGAU.US | Centerra Gold Inc | 74.4 |
| 12 | HMY.US | Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited | 74.3 |
| 13 | SRB.LSE | Serabi Gold PLC | 74.3 |
| 14 | DRD.JSE | DRDGOLD Limited | 73.3 |
| 15 | 600988.SHG | Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co Ltd | 72.7 |
| 16 | THX.LSE | Thor Explorations Ltd. | 72.3 |
| 17 | CMCL.US | Caledonia Mining Corporation | 72.0 |
| 18 | SSRM.US | SSR Mining Inc | 71.7 |
| 19 | G1FI34.SA | Gold Fields Limited | 71.4 |
| 20 | DPM.TO | Dundee Precious Metals Inc | 71.3 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Gold industry under Basic Materials. Use the screener for the full ranked list.