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Shares of Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM, TSX:NGT, ASX:NEM, ETR:NMM) rose 2.2% on Thursday morning after the world's largest gold miner reported first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by higher gold prices, lower costs and delayed capital spending. The company posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.25, ahead of its estimate of $0.97 and well above the consensus of $0.92.
The increase in NEM's top line in Q1 is primarily due to higher year-over-year realized gold prices.
Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 23, 2025 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Tom Palmer - President and CEO Natascha Viljoen - COO Karyn Ovelmen - CFO Conference Call Participants Matthew Murphy - BMO Capital Markets Daniel Morgan - Barrenjoey Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank Lawson Winder - Bank of America Hugo Nicolaci - Goldman Sachs Daniel Major - UBS Anita Soni - CIBC Andrew Bowler - Macquarie Al Harvey - JPMorgan Operator Hello and welcome to the Newmont's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode.
The headline numbers for Newmont (NEM) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.