With 0.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.52 million shares. During the session, the Gold company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $14.54 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $14.21. The 52-week range on DRD shows that it touched its highest point at $17.60 and its lowest point at $7.64 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.97. With its current market cap of 1.23 billion, DRD has annualized dividend of $0.28 while the current yield stands at 1.95%. DRD paid its most recent dividend on 1741910400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1741910400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.39.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of DRD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.00%, but this was up by 2.88% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.88% while six-month performance rose 47.93%. The stock gained 73.00% in the past year, while it has gained 65.59% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DRD yields 1.08 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.78. EPS is expected to grow by 32.58% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 150.85%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 86.24 million DRD shares are outstanding with a float of 86.05 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-05-30, short shares totaled 0.81 million, which was 94.0 higher than short shares on 1745971200. In addition to Mr. Daniel Johannes Pretorius B.Proc., L.L.M., LLB as the firm’s CEO & Executive Director, Mr. Adriaan Jacobus Davel BCom (Hons), CA (SA), M.Com. serves as its CFO & Executive Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.12857 of DRD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DRD since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With DRD analysts setting a high price target of 16.25 and a low target of 16.25, the average target price over the next 12 months is 16.25. Based on these targets, DRD could surge 13.72% to reach the target high and rise by 13.72% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 13.72% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $14.12727 being high and $13.09628 being low. For DRD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $13.56931.
