Is Gold Fields Limited (GFI) One of the Best Gold Stocks to Buy According to Analysts?
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) is among the 12 Best Gold Stocks to Buy According to Analysts.
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) is one of the best gold stocks to buy, according to analysts. On February 19, Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) delivered strong 2025 results characterized by significant improvement in safety, operational, and financial performance. Production levels ended at the upper end of the guidance, and costs were within the guided range.
Improved operational performance, coupled with higher gold production, was the catalyst behind the company’s adjusted free cash flow increasing to $2.97 billion from $605 million in 2024. Normalized profit was up 119% to $2.68 billion or $3 a share in 2025 compared to $1.23 billion or $1.37 a share in 2024.
“In line with our updated dividend policy, we have declared a final dividend of R18.50 per share, which is 164% higher than the final dividend paid last year. When combined with the interim dividend of R7.00 per share, the total dividend of R25.50 per share (US$1.60 per share) equates to 35% of free cash flow before discretionary investments, in line with our targeted 35%,” said Mike Fraser, CEO
Gold Fields remains focused on improving the quality of its production base through acquiring assets and enhancing the quality of the underlying portfolio. Therefore, the company has already disposed of a 19.5% stake in Galliano Gold. It has also entered into agreements for the sale of a portfolio of royalties and related instruments for US$167 million in cash.
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) is a leading Johannesburg-based, globally diversified gold producer with nine operating mines and major projects across Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Peru, and Chile. The company explores, extracts, processes, and smelts gold, with some copper production, producing roughly 2 million gold-equivalent ounces annually.
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