Top 10 US gold stocks to watch in 2026

Gold miners extract the metal from sites around the world, selling what they produce into global commodity markets. Eight of the ten companies on this list operate that way, with mines across North America, Africa, Australia and beyond. The other two are Wheaton Precious Metals ($WPM) and Royal Gold ($RGLD). Both provide upfront capital to mining operations in exchange for the right to receive a portion of future metal production.

How we built this list: We selected these companies based on their industry and ordered them by market capitalisation. Prices are updated daily, and the list and supporting content are reviewed roughly every quarter. All data is sourced from Stake. This list isn't a recommendation and isn't ordered by suitability.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Source: Stake market data. Figures in US$. Data updated as of 21 September 2026.

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1. Agnico Eagle Mines ($AEM)

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) share price over the last year: started at US$161.19, ended at US$197.48, a change of +22.5%. Range over the period: high US$252.19, low US$136.34. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$197.48 · Daily: -1.0% · Market cap: US$140.60B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Agnico Eagle Mines ($AEM) is a Canadian-based gold producer with operating mines across Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico. CEO Ammar Al-Joundi leads the company, which runs more than ten named mine complexes and development projects across those countries.

In Quebec, the Canadian Malartic Complex draws on both the Canadian Malartic mine and the underground Odyssey mine in the northwestern part of the province. The Fosterville mine adds an Australian presence – an underground operation in Victoria, around 20km from Bendigo.

Finland extends the footprint further north. The Kittila mine operates in the Lapland region, more than 150km above the Arctic Circle. $AEM is also advancing the Ikkari project in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, adding an exploration dimension to its Finnish position.

2. Newmont Corp ($NEM)

Newmont Corp (NEM) share price over the last year: started at US$83.72, ended at US$123.05, a change of +47.0%. Range over the period: high US$135.14, low US$78.63. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$123.05 · Daily: -0.3% · Market cap: US$129.66B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Gold is Newmont Corporation's ($NEM) primary product, with its mines also producing copper, zinc, lead, and silver. Those operations run across Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea.

The mine portfolio includes a dozen named sites: Boddington, Tanami, Cadia, Lihir, Ahafo, Brucejack, Red Chris, Penasquito, Merian, Cerro Negro, Yanacocha and NGM. Penasquito alone covers 113,231 acres of active mining concessions, with a further 107,456 acres set aside for exploration.

CEO Natascha Viljoen leads a workforce of 17,500 people across these sites.

3. Barrick Mining ($B)

Barrick Mining (B) share price over the last year: started at US$35.36, ended at US$42.69, a change of +20.7%. Range over the period: high US$52.98, low US$31.50. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$42.69 · Daily: -1.5% · Market cap: US$98.67B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Barrick Mining Corporation ($B) produces both gold and copper, with mines spread across more countries than most names on this list. Gold operations run through the Americas, West Africa, East Africa and the Pacific, covering sites like Nevada Gold Mines, Kibali in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic. Copper comes from a separate set of mines in Zambia, Chile and Saudi Arabia.

The company employs 27,000 people across those operations, with CEO Mark Hill at the helm. That dual-commodity structure means $B isn't a pure gold play – copper production adds a different set of price exposures to the mix.

4. Wheaton Precious Metals ($WPM)

Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) share price over the last year: started at US$107.67, ended at US$147.66, a change of +37.1%. Range over the period: high US$165.72, low US$94.37. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$147.66 · Daily: -2.2% · Market cap: US$94.22B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Wheaton Precious Metals ($WPM) holds around 35 streaming agreements, giving it the right to buy a set portion of metal production from mines it doesn't operate. The coverage runs across gold, silver, palladium, platinum and cobalt – with streams tied to operations like Salobo, Peñasquito, Antamina and Voisey's Bay, among others.

$WPM runs this entire operation with just 47 employees, under CEO Haytham Hodaly. The company has also entered a definitive agreement to acquire the Spring Valley Project in Nevada, which would add a development-stage asset to its existing stream portfolio.

5. AngloGold Ashanti ($AU)

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) share price over the last year: started at US$69.37, ended at US$101.93, a change of +46.9%. Range over the period: high US$128.26, low US$63.61. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$101.93 · Daily: -1.3% · Market cap: US$51.55B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Across eight countries and four continents, AngloGold Ashanti ($AU) runs around ten gold mining operations. Africa is home to several of them – Geita in Tanzania, Obuasi and Iduapriem in Ghana, Sukari in Egypt, and Siguiri in Guinea. The company also holds Sunrise Dam and Tropicana in Western Australia's north-eastern goldfields. The Americas add mines in Argentina and Brazil, with a greenfield project also underway in Nevada.

6. Kinross Gold ($KGC)

Kinross Gold (KGC) share price over the last year: started at US$24.23, ended at US$27.79, a change of +14.7%. Range over the period: high US$38.07, low US$22.47. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$27.79 · Daily: -1.0% · Market cap: US$46.28B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Kinross Gold ($KGC) pulls gold from open-pit mines across five countries, with assets stretching from Alaska and Nevada through to Brazil, Mauritania and Chile. Its Paracatu operation in Brazil's Minas Gerais region and the Tasiast mine in northwestern Mauritania sit alongside U.S. assets like the Fort Knox pit near Fairbanks.

The company also has the Great Bear project in Canada moving through development, adding a future production pipeline to its current portfolio. $KGC employs around 7,100 people across its operations, with J. Paul Rollinson as chief executive.

7. Royal Gold ($RGLD)

Royal Gold (RGLD) share price over the last year: started at US$191.52, ended at US$250.11, a change of +30.6%. Range over the period: high US$304.29, low US$169.08. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$250.11 · Daily: 0.2% · Market cap: US$21.19B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Royal Gold ($RGLD) runs a different kind of precious metals business. Rather than digging anything out of the ground itself, it provides upfront capital to mining operations, then collects a share of what those mines produce over time – either through stream agreements or royalty interests.

Under a stream deal, $RGLD pays an upfront deposit and receives the right to buy a set portion of a mine's metal output at a price locked in for the life of the agreement. Royalty interests work differently: $RGLD holds a non-operating stake that entitles it to a slice of revenue or production after specified costs are deducted.

CEO Bill Heissenbuttel leads a company with just 39 employees – a reflection of how capital-light the model is. The operational complexity stays with the miners; $RGLD's job is acquiring and managing the financial interests.

8. Alamos Gold ($AGI)

Alamos Gold (AGI) share price over the last year: started at US$33.30, ended at US$35.21, a change of +5.7%. Range over the period: high US$55.33, low US$27.83. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$35.21 · Daily: -1.4% · Market cap: US$20.67B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Alamos Gold ($AGI) pulls gold from three operating mines, all in North America. Two are in northern Ontario – the Island Gold District and the Young-Davidson mine – while the third, the Mulatos District, sits in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range in Sonora, Mexico.

The company is also pushing a significant expansion at Island Gold, known as the Phase 3+ Expansion, alongside the Lynn Lake development project in northern Manitoba. $AGI employs 2,402 people and is led by chief executive John McCluskey.

9. Coeur Mining ($CDE)

Coeur Mining (CDE) share price over the last year: started at US$17.87, ended at US$19.52, a change of +9.2%. Range over the period: high US$27.15, low US$13.82. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$19.52 · Daily: -1.2% · Market cap: US$20.07B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Coeur Mining ($CDE) produces gold, silver and copper from seven mines in Canada, Mexico and the United States. CEO Mitch Krebs leads the company's 2,620-strong workforce across those sites.

New Afton in British Columbia is an underground gold and copper mine; Rainy River in Ontario is mid-transition from open-pit to underground production. In Mexico, Las Chispas in Sonora and Palmarejo in Chihuahua both produce silver and gold. The three U.S. mines – in Nevada, Alaska and South Dakota – focus on gold and silver. The company also holds Silvertip, a polymetallic critical minerals exploration project in British Columbia.

10. Eldorado Gold ($EGO)

Eldorado Gold (EGO) share price over the last year: started at US$28.50, ended at US$42.37, a change of +48.7%. Range over the period: high US$49.71, low US$24.93. Source: Stake market data. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Price: US$42.37 · Daily: -2.0% · Market cap: US$15.53B · Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Metals & Mining

Eldorado Gold Corporation ($EGO) runs four producing mines across western Türkiye, Quebec and Northern Greece. Three – Kisladag and Efemcukuru in Türkiye, and the Lamaque Complex in Quebec – produce gold. Olympias in Northern Greece is a polymetallic operation, producing separate concentrates bearing gold, lead-silver and zinc.

$EGO is also advancing Skouries, a copper-gold development project in Northern Greece, at an advanced stage. Its earlier-stage portfolio includes Perama Hill, a gold-silver project in Greece, and the McIlvenna Bay deposit in Saskatchewan – a copper-zinc-gold-silver body roughly 65 kilometres west of Flin Flon. Christian Milau leads the company's roughly 2,350 employees.

Common questions

How do I invest in US gold stocks in New Zealand?

All ten companies in this list trade on U.S. exchanges, so you'd access them through a share trading platform with U.S. market coverage. Shares are priced in USD, which means the NZD/USD exchange rate affects what each position costs you and what any proceeds are worth in NZD terms.

What are the key risks of US gold stocks?

Some of the key risks include the gold price itself – most of these companies earn revenue directly tied to it, so a sustained fall can quickly pressure earnings and cash flows. Several companies here also produce copper, silver or other metals, which adds exposure to those commodity prices. Mining is capital-intensive, and operations spread across politically and geographically diverse regions introduce their own operational risks. For NZ-based investors, movements in the NZD/USD rate affect the real cost of a position and the NZD value of any proceeds.

What's the difference between gold miners and streaming or royalty companies on this list?

Most companies here operate mines directly, so their earnings depend on production volumes and the costs of running those operations. $WPM and $RGLD work differently – as a streaming company and a royalty company respectively, they provide capital upfront to miners in exchange for rights to a portion of future metal production at a fixed or reduced price, or a share of project revenue. That model gives them exposure to gold prices without the direct operational burden of running a mine, though their performance is still tied to the miners they've partnered with.

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