As we near the end of the trading week here on Friday afternoon, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is up a slender 0.1% for the week, but don't blame these four surging ASX 200 stocks.
So, which companies rewarded shareholders with outsized gains in this week's flat market?
Read on!
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ASX 200 stocks racing higher this week
The first company racing ahead of the benchmark this week is DroneShield Ltd (ASX: DRO).
Shares in the drone defence company closed last Friday trading for $3.03. In afternoon trade today, shares are changing hands for $3.25 apiece. That sees the ASX 200 stock up 7.3% over the week.
Now to be clear, DroneShield is currently technically still an S&P/ASX 300 Index (ASX: XKO) stock. But I felt it appropriate to include it here as the company will join the ASX 200 on 22 September. That upgrade is thanks to the surging DroneShield share price, now up 334% in 2025. And it gives the company a market cap just under $2.9 billion.
With no other price-sensitive news out from DroneShield this week, the company's pending inclusion in the ASX 200 may have given it an added boost.
The next ASX 200 stock delivering outsized gains this week is Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN).
As with last week's top-performing stocks, Evolution and our other two top performers are all gold miners. There was no price-sensitive news out from any of the miners, but investor interest was clearly drawn by the seemingly inexorably increasing gold price.
The gold price hit new record highs of US$3,674 per ounce on Tuesday. At the time of writing, gold remains near its all-time highs, trading for US$3,649 per ounce.
As for Evolution Mining, its shares leapt from $9.06 at last Friday's close to $9.84 today. This sees the Evolution Mining share price up 8.3% for the week. Shares are now up 102% in 2025.
Moving on to the third outperforming ASX 200 stock this week, we have Vault Minerals Ltd (ASX: VAU), formerly Red 5 Limited.
Shares in the Aussie gold miner closed last week trading for 60 cents and are currently trading for 66 cents each. That puts the Vault Minerals share price up 10.0% over the week. Shares are up 99% in 2025.
Leading the charge
Which brings us to the top-performing ASX 200 stock on my list for the week, Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: RRL).
Regis Resources shares closed last week trading for $5.09 and are currently fetching $5.76 each. That sees the Regis Resources share price up 13.2% for the week.
But wait. There's more!
Regis Resources also traded ex-dividend on Tuesday. That means investors buying shares today won't receive the 5 cents per share fully franked dividend payout. That payout goes to investors holding the stock at market close on Monday.
So, if we add that 5 cents back into the current share price, then Regis Resources stock returned 14.1% for the week, with potential tax benefits from those franking credits.
