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Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Kinross Gold Corporation

KGC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kinross Gold explores, develops and operates gold mines, with operations spread across the United States, Brazil, Chile, Canada and Mauritania. It also produces and sells silver as a by-product of its gold operations and manages reclamation of its mined-out sites. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Kinross holds no seat in Closelook's index; it sits in the diary's Basic Materials sleeve, within the gold-mining group of our US universe. It is tracked alongside other scored gold producers rather than as part of the AI build-out stack that the diary otherwise follows.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on scored Basic Materials names in the US universe, and lists AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Barrick Mining, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle Mines, Harmony Gold, Pan American Silver and First Majestic Silver; the market also names Newmont as a comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
Kinross carries a Closelook score, strongest on the quality module and weakest on momentum. The diary has quoted it once, in a Daily Pulse piece comparing gold, crypto and materials ladders by return.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether Kinross's price recovers ground against its longer moving averages, since momentum has been the weak point in an otherwise steady quality score.

Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 72/100 composite (momentum 35, quality 85, valuation 73) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for KGC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Gold · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gold · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against KGC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.55%, quarterly · buybacks 600 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What KGC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.15 USD per share · a 0.55% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +72.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.0899 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0400 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.12 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.12 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-05
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 152 m USD 6% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 600 m USD 1.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.8% in FY2025 13 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 752 m USD · 29% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Materials in US: −1.9% week · −4.8% month · −3.2% quarter · −2.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC)?

Kinross Gold Corporation trades as KGC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is KGC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Kinross Gold Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Kinross Gold Corporation's Closelook composite score?

72 out of 100, with momentum 35, quality 85 and valuation 73 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does KGC trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +3.2% vs the 50-day and -4.8% vs the 200-day average, 27.9% below the 52-week high and +28.7% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 58 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Kinross Gold Corporation do?

Kinross Gold explores, develops and operates gold mines, with operations spread across the United States, Brazil, Chile, Canada and Mauritania. It also produces and sells silver as a by-product of its gold operations and manages reclamation of its mined-out sites. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Closelook's peer group draws on scored Basic Materials names in the US universe, and lists AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Barrick Mining, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle Mines, Harmony Gold, Pan American Silver and First Majestic Silver; the market also names Newmont as a comparison.

Where does Kinross Gold Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Kinross holds no seat in Closelook's index; it sits in the diary's Basic Materials sleeve, within the gold-mining group of our US universe. It is tracked alongside other scored gold producers rather than as part of the AI build-out stack that the diary otherwise follows. Kinross carries a Closelook score, strongest on the quality module and weakest on momentum. The diary has quoted it once, in a Daily Pulse piece comparing gold, crypto and materials ladders by return.

Does Kinross Gold Corporation pay a dividend?

Kinross Gold Corporation has paid 0.15 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.55% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0400 USD on 2026-08-20. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 152 m USD in dividends and bought back 600 m USD of its own shares, 29% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about Kinross Gold Corporation?

Kinross Gold Corporation appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Daily Pulse: Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials (2026-08-24). What Closelook said most recently: The gold ladder — mature, and ordered by beta GLD (the metal) 1m +14.0% · 1w +5.4% FNV / WPM (royalty & streaming) 1m +24.1% / +43.4% GDX (senior miners) 1m +37.1% · NEM +38.9% · AEM +49.5% · KGC +38.4% GDXJ (junior miners) 1m +35.9% · 1w… (Daily Pulse, 2026-08-24). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KGC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Daily Pulse, “Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials” (2026-08-24)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where KGC appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

  • Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, MaterialsDaily Pulse · 24 Aug 2026The gold ladder — mature, and ordered by beta GLD (the metal) 1m +14.0% · 1w +5.4% FNV / WPM (royalty & streaming) 1m +24.1% / +43.4% GDX (senior miners) 1m +37.1% · NEM +38.9% · AEM +49.5% · KGC +38.4% GDXJ (junior miners) 1m +35.9% · 1w…

Related in the Closelook universe

then Gold, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.