This Gold Stock Made $1.8 Billion With 44 Full-Time Employees: Should You Buy Shares?

2026-02-04 14:05:00 ET

If a gold stock has outperformed gold's 90% gain over the last year, I'm interested. If it's also outperformed gold over the last five years, returning 221% to gold's 187%, I'm wondering if it's a durable trend. And if the company has returned 4,153% since going public in 2005, compared to gold's 1,012% rise in that time frame, my only question is if that outperformance can continue.

Even more striking, the company in question achieved this feat with just 44 full-time employees, which means that last quarter, it brought in $35 million in gross profit per full-time employee. It doesn't operate any precious metals mines, which can be risky and expensive. It even pays a dividend, which, while not enormous with its yield of 0.43%, is still something that no precious metal investment provides.

So, how does this company do it? And can this continue? Here's what the numbers say.

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