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Franco-Nevada Corporation

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 77% YoY at strong marginsCatalyst pendingQuiet on X (35 mentions/wk)
$FNV·$41B·Gold·Basic Materials
$210.60-1.8%YTD+2.8%1Y+33.5%
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FNFNV
$FNVFranco-Nevada Corporation
$210.60-1.79%35 posts+8%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $FNV, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-28

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Franco-Nevada is a gold royalty compounder essentially flat YTD after +33% T12M — Aug 11 earnings validates the elite-quality-on-the-sale-rack framework.

Franco-Nevada Corporation is the leading gold royalty and streaming company — a genuinely-differentiated gold-cycle play with real diversification across precious metals, energy, and other commodities. Up 3% YTD and 34% T12M, coiled essentially flat vs 50-day and 5% below the 200-day MA into Q2 earnings Aug 11.

The setup is a real gold-royalty compounder in a consolidation phase:

  • The financials support the setup: quarterly EPS climbed from $1.28 to $2.40 (with mixed one-time items) with revenue $369M-651M, consensus FY26 EPS of $8.44 growing to consensus FY27 — that's real earnings on a business trading at 29x TTM P/E and 19x sales, defensible for the royalty-model economics.
  • The elite-quality-on-the-sale-rack rating upgrade is real institutional recognition: contributors framing FNV as elite quality on the sale rack with a rating upgrade validates the multi-year setup — plus contributors noting stable YTD with gains due adds the constructive framing.
  • The tape confirms institutional positioning: 45th percentile of the 52-week range with continued Bank of Nova Scotia adding shares — this is quiet institutional accumulation into a consolidating tape.

The Aug 11 print is the trigger. Revenue growth plus continued gold-cycle commentary and any hard commentary on royalty portfolio expansion extends the setup; anything soft on realized gold prices or continued mining-partner disruptions and the 45th-percentile setup gives back. Real gold-royalty setup — the print rewards continued cycle strength.

Agrees with X sentimentThe X read (news only) validates the elite-quality-on-the-sale-rack rating upgrade plus contributors describing stable YTD with gains due as a real setup — Bank of Nova Scotia buying validates institutional flow. Agree without qualification; this is a classic gold-royalty compounder setup.

What to watch: Aug 11 Q2 earnings — EPS vs $1.95 estimate, total revenue trajectory, realized gold prices, royalty portfolio expansion commentary, and any FY guide update. A revenue beat plus stable pricing extends the setup; gold-price softness or mining-partner disruptions turn it.

On the calendar: 2026-08-11 — Q2 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Gold-focused royalty and streaming company collecting royalties on precious metals and energy production worldwide with no operational risk.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Gold sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FNV.

Gold · Basic Materials

No material change from last week — central bank accumulation and US fiscal risk sustain the structural gold floor above $3,100/oz even as GDX lags spot by 10% YTD, flagging miner operating-cost inflation as the gap driver.

Top industry ETF

$GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF
-13.1%YTD
+41.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
29.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
14.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
74.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
4.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
19.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
18.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
76.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 12, 2026$2.38$2.09+13.9%
Q4 2025Mar 10, 2026$1.85$1.68+10.1%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$1.43$1.37+4.4%
Q2 2025Aug 11, 2025$1.24$1.10+12.7%
Next earningsTue, Aug 11·consensus EPS $1.95

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$650.7M+76.6%80.9%78.5%$2.40$69.5M
Q4 FY25$597.3M+86.1%77.1%76.6%$1.94$2.6B
Q3 FY25$487.7M+76.9%72.5%69.1%$1.49$55.6M
Q2 FY25$369.4M+42.0%73.6%71.3%$1.28$-930.6M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 6 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.6B$2.3B – $2.9B$8.44$7.96 – $8.706
FY27$3.0B$2.5B – $3.2B$9.65$7.91 – $10.725
FY28$3.0B$2.7B – $3.3B$10.50$9.89 – $11.113
FY29$2.9B$2.4B – $3.1B$9.03$7.26 – $9.982
FY30$2.6B$2.2B – $2.8B$9.68$7.79 – $10.701

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.45%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-5.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 191.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.905-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 20 other (14 6-Ks · 1 EFFECT · 1 F-X · 1 F-10) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Bank of Nova Scotia Buys 23,587 Shares of Franco-Nevada Corporation $FNVdefenseworld.net·5d agoFranco-Nevada: An Elite Quality Business On The Sale Rack (Rating Upgrade)seekingalpha.com·8d agoFranco-Nevada: Stable YTD, Gains Are Dueseekingalpha.com·15d agoWorried Gold Is Overcrowded? 3 Stocks for Retirees to Consider Instead, Ranked247wallst.com·26d agoFranco-Nevada Corp (FNV) Stock Down 3.7% -- Now Undervalued? GF Score: 82/100gurufocus.com·29d ago

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