Royal Gold reports Q2 EPS $2.01, consensus $1.68

Reports Q2 revenue $209.6M vs. last year. Sales volume was 63,900 GEOs. “Royal Gold (RGLD) produced another quarter of excellent financial results, with record revenue, earnings and operating cash flow, demonstrating again the leverage in our business to strong precious metal prices,” commented CEO Bill Heissenbuttel. “We always seek to improve our business and we saw opportunities recently to take significant steps to position Royal Gold as a premier growth company in the streaming and royalty sector,” continued Mr. Heissenbuttel. “The acquisitions of Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper will bring scale, growth and diversification to Royal Gold and make us the most diversified and gold-focused company in our sector. We will continue to build on this foundation, and the recent acquisitions on the Kansanshi mine and Warintza project clearly demonstrate that we can add large, high quality, and long life assets to the portfolio. The combination of these transactions positions us with what we believe to be the best portfolio and organic growth pipeline in our sector, with exposure to some of the leading operating and development projects in the mining business.”