
Is Royal Gold (RGLD) stock Halal?
Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD) is not Shariah compliant in the September 2026 AAOIFI screening: it fails the non-permissible income screen. Tabadulat re-screens RGLD monthly, and a stock can return to compliance when new financial reports change its ratios.
Royal Gold is a leading precious metals royalty and streaming company that primarily engages in acquiring and managing royalties and metal streams for gold products. This unique business model allows the company to benefit from the production value without incurring the high costs and risks associated with direct mining operations. Royal Gold's portfolio spans multiple continents, with interests in various key mining regions across North America, South America, and Australia, among others. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Royal Gold stock Halal?
Is Royal Gold Shariah compliant?
For a resources company like Royal Gold, AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 has little quarrel with the product; the scrutiny falls on the financing. Heavy machinery and long project cycles are usually funded with debt, and the standard tolerates interest bearing borrowing only below 30% of market capitalisation.
Does Royal Gold pass the business activity test?
The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Royal Gold currently fails the non-permissible income screen, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. The activity itself, extracting and selling resources, raises no Shariah objection; the scrutiny belongs to the financing.
Is Royal Gold's income Halal?
No. Royal Gold's income from impermissible sources currently exceeds AAOIFI's 5% revenue ceiling, which makes the stock non-compliant on this screen regardless of the others. The screen is reassessed monthly, so the status can change when new financial statements arrive.
Does Royal Gold meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?
Yes. Both caps hold this month: interest bearing investments and interest bearing debt each stay below 30% of market capitalisation. Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has RGLD re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.
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