Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) reported quarterly earnings of $1.16 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.48 by 53.32 percent. This is a 28.83 percent decrease over earnings of $1.63 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $375.323 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $392.113 million by 4.28 percent. This is a 85.29 percent increase over sales of $202.560 million the same period last year.