With a net income margin of 41.60% and upside potential of 48.00%, Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) ranks among the best extremely profitable stocks to buy according to Wall Street analysts. The company reported net income of $3.57 billion for the recently completed fiscal year (FY25).
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) is currently navigating cost pressures; still, it managed to deliver strong production growth, building on its strong momentum from the previous year.
On May 7, 2026, Reuters reported that Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) expects input costs to rise following the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has driven energy and commodity prices sharply higher. Diesel costs have risen as much as 70%, freight costs are up 40%, and liquefied natural gas prices have climbed 30%. Explosives and cyanide costs have each risen 10%.
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) estimates the combined impact at $40 to $50 per ounce at a portfolio level, assuming oil at $100 per barrel. Despite the pressure, Gold Fields held its full-year cost guidance unchanged, citing efficiency measures including more fuel-efficient, high-capacity haulage systems across its mines.
First-quarter 2026 gold production came in at 633,000 ounces, up 15% from a year earlier, as the ramp-up at Salares Norte in Chile offset lower output at Tarkwa in Ghana and the Agnew and Gruyere mines in Australia. Full-year production guidance remains unchanged at 2.4 million to 2.6 million ounces, with all-in sustaining costs guided at $1,800 to $2,000 per ounce and total capital expenditure of $1.9 billion to $2.1 billion.
That update followed a strong 2025 full-year result reported in February, when Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) said annual profit attributable to shareholders more than doubled to $3.57 billion, or $3.99 per share, from $1.25 billion, or $1.39 per share, in 2024. The company also declared a total annual dividend of 25.50 rand per share and announced $353 million in additional shareholder returns.
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) operates as a gold producer with assets across South Africa, Ghana, Australia, Peru, Canada, and Chile.
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