New Found Gold (NFGC) Competitors

Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) and New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VZLA or NFGC?

22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of New Found Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VZLA or NFGC?

Vizsla Silver received 7 more outperform votes than New Found Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 76.19% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vizsla Silver	Outperform Votes 16 76.19%	Underperform Votes 5 23.81%
New Found Gold	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk and volatility, VZLA or NFGC?

Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Found Gold has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VZLA or NFGC more profitable?

Vizsla Silver's return on equity of -5.59% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vizsla Silver	N/A	-5.59%	-5.52%
New Found Gold	N/A	-82.80%	-68.88%

Does the media prefer VZLA or NFGC?

In the previous week, Vizsla Silver and Vizsla Silver both had 4 articles in the media. Vizsla Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat New Found Gold's score of 0.56 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vizsla Silver	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New Found Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer VZLA or NFGC?

Vizsla Silver currently has a consensus target price of $4.06, suggesting a potential upside of 84.66%. New Found Gold has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 323.73%. Given New Found Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Found Gold is more favorable than Vizsla Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vizsla Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
New Found Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VZLA or NFGC?

Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Found Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vizsla Silver	N/A	N/A	-$11.81M	-$0.01	-220.00
New Found Gold	N/A	N/A	-$59.18M	-$0.19	-6.21

Summary

Vizsla Silver beats New Found Gold on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.