Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) reported quarterly earnings of $0.51 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.37 by 62.77 percent. This is a 43.96 percent decrease over earnings of $0.91 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $193.44 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $176.17 million by 9.80 percent. This is a 29.91 percent increase over sales of $148.90 million the same period last year.