Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GFI scored 72.6, RGLD scored 52.4 — GFI leads.
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GFI
Gold Fields Limited
Gold · Quality-Growth
72.6
$36.82 · $32.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
20.2
GFI leads
RGLD
Royal Gold, Inc.
Gold · Quality-Growth
52.4
$236.23 · $20.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestGFI7.5x
Fastest growthGFI+68.2%
Strongest balance sheetRGLD0.05
Highest qualityGFI95 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueGFI-65%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
GFI
stronger →← stronger
RGLD
95
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
58
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
81
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
50
GFI is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GFI
RGLD
$2.8bB
FCF
$585kC-
+68.2%A
Rev
+43.2%A
0.29B
D/E
0.05A-
7.5xA
P/E
26.2xC+
11.59D
PEG
1.06B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
GFI
RGLD
65% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
152126% above
~-9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
>60%/yr
+115%
1-yr DCF upside
-100%
+182%
5-yr DCF upside
-100%
+325%
10-yr DCF upside
-100%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GFI
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
RGLD
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Diluting shareholders
Cyclical growth
The companies
GFIGold Fields Limited
Gold · $36.82 · beta 0.64
Why now
Gold · market cap $32.8b. Down 40% from 52-week high of $61.64 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +68% — in hypergrowth territory. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $48.67 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Net margin 39% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 59% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Mining moat is reserve quality + extraction cost per unit — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the commodity cycle while marginal producers burn it.
Risk
Down 40% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
RGLDRoyal Gold, Inc.
Gold · $236.23 · beta 0.45
Why now
Gold · market cap $20.0b. Down 23% from 52-week high of $306.25 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +43% — in hypergrowth territory. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $309.83 (implying +31% upside).
Moat
Net margin 48% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Mining moat is reserve quality + extraction cost per unit — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the commodity cycle while marginal producers burn it.
Risk
P/S 13.0x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard. Production-cost sensitivity — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the cycle while marginal producers burn it; watch the cost-per-unit trend, not just headline revenue.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where GFI and RGLD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 20.2 points in favor of GFI. The widest single difference is Quality, where GFI leads by 36.9 points.
QualityGFI 94.8 · RGLD 57.9GFI +36.9
ValueGFI 80.7 · RGLD 49.6GFI +31.1
GrowthGFI 50.0 · RGLD 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is GFI or RGLD the better stock?
GFI scores higher: GFI 72.6, RGLD 52.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do GFI and RGLD differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where GFI leads by 37 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GFI also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are GFI and RGLD scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.