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Best Mining Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top mining stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best mining stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best mining stocks to buy right now are:

Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) is the #1 top mining stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Emx Royalty (NYSEMKT:EMX) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is 1 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

EMX passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Emx Royalty has seen its stock return 11.92% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 29 percentage points.

Emx Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $5.00, an upside of 131.48% from Emx Royalty's current stock price of $2.16.

Emx Royalty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Emx Royalty, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY) is the #2 top mining stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

United States Antimony (NYSEMKT:UAMY) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is 5 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

UAMY passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. United States Antimony has seen its stock return 1,211.48% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 1,229 percentage points.

United States Antimony has an average 1 year price target of $2.20, a downside of -31.25% from United States Antimony's current stock price of $3.20.

United States Antimony stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering United States Antimony, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is the #3 top mining stock out of 40 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is: Value: B, Growth: F, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 34 points higher than the mining industry average of 21.

RIO passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rio Tinto has seen its stock lose -12.89% over the past year, overperforming other mining stocks by 4 percentage points.

Rio Tinto has an average 1 year price target of $73.00, an upside of 25.49% from Rio Tinto's current stock price of $58.17.

Rio Tinto stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Rio Tinto, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 7 mining stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 mining stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the mining industry average of 4.36%. Compass Minerals International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Compass Minerals International's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Compass Minerals International's dividend payout ratio of -4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) has an annual dividend yield of 9.14%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 4.36%. Vale Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Vale Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Vale Sa's dividend payout ratio of 57.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has an annual dividend yield of 6.91%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the mining industry average of 4.36%. Rio Tinto's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Rio Tinto's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rio Tinto's dividend payout ratio of 61.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Mining stocks were down -0.54% in the last day, and up 10.23% over the last week. Niocorp Developments was the among the top losers in the other industrial metals & mining industry, dropping -25.07% yesterday.

NioCorp shares are trading lower after the company announced the pricing of a $20 million underwritten public offering.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued mining stocks right now are:

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is the most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Vale Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 57 points higher than the mining industry average of 14. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vale Sa's stock has dropped -23.12% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the mining industry by -6 percentage points.

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is the second most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Rio Tinto has a valuation score of 43, which is 29 points higher than the mining industry average of 14. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rio Tinto's stock has dropped -12.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the mining industry by 4 percentage points.

Bhp Group (NYSE:BHP) is the third most undervalued mining stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bhp Group has a valuation score of 29, which is 15 points higher than the mining industry average of 14. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bhp Group's stock has dropped -20.41% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the mining industry by -3 percentage points.

57.14% of mining stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect mining stocks to rise by 45.25% over the next year.

0% of mining stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.23% of mining stocks are rated B (Buy), 38.71% are rated C (Hold), 51.61% are rated D (Sell), and 6.45% are rated F (Strong Sell).