After normal quarters not ending reporting years, US-listed and Canadian-listed stocks are required to file full results within 40 and 45 calendar days. But those are extended to 60 and a whopping 90 following quarters ending reporting years! So most gold miners’ Q4 operational and financial results are released slower and later than earlier quarters’. That’s unfortunate, affecting the timeliness and utility of this data.
For the past 34 quarters in a row, I’ve painstakingly analyzed the latest operational and financial results from the 25 largest component stocks in the leading benchmark GDX gold-stock ETF. These are detailed in quarterly essays right after earnings seasons. Those are published in the second halves of the second months after quarter-ends for Q1s, Q2s, and Q3s, but the middle of the third months for Q4s ending years.
Mostly thanks to Q4’24’s stupendous record gold prices, the gold…
