HMY Stock — Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY)

Updated October 16, 2026.

HMY is a Stock. its distribution rate is 3.64%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.52%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 64/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 390.6% over the past 32.4 years, 2503.4 points behind SPY at 2894.0%.

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited explores, extracts, and processes gold, uranium, silver, and copper from operations in South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, including nine underground mines in the Witwatersrand Basin and interests in the Hidden Valley and Wafi-Golpu projects. The company has a modest current distribution rate and pays distributions on a semi-annual basis, though the latest payout was special and may not recur. This stock appeals to investors seeking exposure to precious metals production and commodity-linked income.

HMY performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 390.6% over the past 32.4 years, 2503.4 points behind SPY at 2894.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -18.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 48.8%.

HMY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

64 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.33%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/17/1994

Distribution rate

3.64%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

4.52%

5-year average yield

0.96

Last close

$17.12 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$10,734,741,719

Average volume

2789045.0

Dividend

$0.461

Ex-dividend date

10/09/2026

Payment date

10/19/2026

Beta

0.787

Payout ratio

14.8%

P/E ratio

6.41

Forward P/E

20.6612

EPS

$2.67

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.64%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.52%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

HMY risks and drawbacks

HMY's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 48.8%.

Who may consider HMY — and who may not

HMY may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (HMY pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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