Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) reported quarterly earnings of $2.56 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.69 by 5.19 percent. This is a 41.44 percent increase over earnings of $1.81 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $450.539 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $464.155 million by 2.93 percent. This is a 114.91 percent increase over sales of $209.643 million the same period last year.