VGZ vs. USGO, HYMC, GORO, VOXR, TRX, PLG, ODV, FEAM, USAU, and NB
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Gold Resource (GORO), Vox Royalty (VOXR), TRX Gold (TRX), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), U.S. Gold (USAU), and NioCorp Developments (NB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
U.S. GoldMining (NASDAQ:USGO) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
0.5% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of U.S. GoldMining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Vista Gold had 2 more articles in the media than U.S. GoldMining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vista Gold and 1 mentions for U.S. GoldMining. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat U.S. GoldMining's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. GoldMining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
U.S. GoldMining currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 330.71%. Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 360.91%. Given U.S. GoldMining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than U.S. GoldMining.
Vista Gold's return on equity of 0.00% beat U.S. GoldMining's return on equity.
U.S. GoldMining received 1 more outperform votes than Vista Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave U.S. GoldMining an outperform vote while only 2.22% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
Summary
U.S. GoldMining and Vista Gold tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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