Stifel Canada Weighs in on Kinross Gold Q1 Earnings

Kinross Gold Co. (TSE:K) (NYSE:KGC) – Stock analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Kinross Gold in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 7th. Stifel Canada analyst R. Profiti expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.39 for the quarter. Stifel Canada has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Kinross Gold’s current full-year earnings is $1.01 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Kinross Gold’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.86 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.29 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Kinross Gold to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 21st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Kinross Gold from C$23.50 to C$24.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. National Bankshares lifted their target price on Kinross Gold from C$22.00 to C$23.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded Kinross Gold to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Kinross Gold has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$20.00.

Kinross Gold Price Performance

Shares of K stock opened at C$20.99 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of C$18.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$16.03. The firm has a market cap of C$18.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.71, a P/E/G ratio of -0.60 and a beta of 1.24. Kinross Gold has a 1-year low of C$9.91 and a 1-year high of C$22.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.81, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Laurence Davies sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$16.58, for a total value of C$165,800.00. Also, Director Jonathan Paul Rollinson sold 205,318 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$15.22, for a total transaction of C$3,124,939.96. Insiders have sold 349,670 shares of company stock worth $5,366,186 over the last 90 days. 0.26% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Kinross Gold Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 29th will be given a $0.03 dividend. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.57%. Kinross Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 18.84%.

Kinross Gold Company Profile

Kinross Gold is a Canada-based senior gold producer, producing roughly 2.4 million gold equivalent ounces in 2020. The company had 30 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves and 59 million ounces of silver reserves at the end of 2020. It operates mines and focuses its greenfield and brownfield exploration in the Americas, West Africa, and Russia.