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Gold Fields Limited

GFI
75
Gold · Basic Materials
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
75
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Exceptional
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The full picture

Gold Fields Limited is a South African company that mines gold and sells it to banks, refiners, and commodity markets around the world. Gold is its core product, and the company operates large mines across South Africa, Ghana, Australia, Peru, and Chile. It is one of the largest gold mining companies globally by production volume.

Gold Fields makes money by extracting gold from the ground and selling it at market prices, so its revenue rises and falls with the price of gold. The company generates roughly 3–4 million ounces of gold equivalent per year, making it a mid-to-large producer in the industry. Its competitive position comes from owning long-life, low-cost mines in multiple countries, which reduces dependence on any single region. The key risk the company faces is that gold prices are set by global markets and can drop sharply, squeezing profits even if production stays steady.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+71.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+200.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Gold Fields Limited grew revenue 72% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
56.7%
Premium pricing power — 56.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
51.3%
Excellent — 51.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
38.8%
Exceptional — 38.8% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+68.7%
Fast-growing sales (+68.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+189.9%
Earnings growing fast (+189.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
127%
Turns 127% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
35.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (35.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.32
Conservative — low debt load (0.32)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
47.49x
Comfortably covers interest (47.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.5x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+2.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.35%
no trend
Healthy income — 4.35% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+188.5%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (188.5% YoY)

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