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Vista Gold (VGZ) Competitors

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$0.52 -0.01 (-1.88%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

VGZ vs. GROY, PLG, ODV, VOXR, USGO, TRX, HYMC, AUST, GORO, and CHNR

Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Gold Royalty (GROY), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), Vox Royalty (VOXR), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Austin Gold (AUST), Gold Resource (GORO), and China Natural Resources (CHNR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Vista Gold vs.

Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Gold Royalty and Vista Gold both received 4 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Gold Royalty an outperform vote while only 7.27% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gold RoyaltyOutperform Votes
4
80.00%
Underperform Votes
1
20.00%
Vista GoldOutperform Votes
4
7.27%
Underperform Votes
51
92.73%

Gold Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $3.58, suggesting a potential upside of 182.15%. Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 426.72%. Given Vista Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Gold Royalty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gold Royalty
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vista Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Gold Royalty and Gold Royalty both had 2 articles in the media. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Gold Royalty's score of 0.73 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gold Royalty
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vista Gold
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vista Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Gold Royalty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gold Royalty-252.16% 0.46% 0.35%
Vista Gold N/A 93.43%68.97%

Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gold Royalty$3.05M70.40-$26.76M-$0.13-9.77
Vista GoldN/AN/A-$6.59M$0.095.80

Summary

Vista Gold beats Gold Royalty on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VGZ vs. The Competition

MetricVista GoldGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$64.30M$3.51B$2.86B$19.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.02%5.17%3.51%
P/E Ratio5.809.7099.6934.44
Price / SalesN/A8.70557,577.4617.86
Price / CashN/A17.0323.8221.34
Price / Book3.482.333.674.64
Net Income-$6.59M$1.29M$150.48M$982.94M
7 Day Performance-16.26%4.55%-3.58%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-29.68%-11.83%-4.52%-0.39%
1 Year Performance70.29%35.38%27.87%23.34%

Vista Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VGZ
Vista Gold
2.5808 of 5 stars
$0.52
-1.9%
$2.75
+426.7%
+67.8%$64.30MN/A5.8010News Coverage
GROY
Gold Royalty
2.3238 of 5 stars
$1.33
-1.1%
N/AN/A$224.02M$7.76M-10.1912
PLG
Platinum Group Metals
N/A$1.54
-4.4%
N/A+58.4%$157.75MN/A-21.9913
ODV
Osisko Development
0.3886 of 5 stars
$1.58
-4.0%
N/A-50.2%$155.76M$21.73M-1.00310Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
VOXR
Vox Royalty
0.9381 of 5 stars
$2.64
-1.9%
N/A+22.6%$133.05M$11.15M-132.003Short Interest ↑
USGO
U.S. GoldMining
2.6237 of 5 stars
$8.99
-11.3%
N/A+39.8%$111.47MN/A0.006Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
TRX
TRX Gold
2.7001 of 5 stars
$0.37
+3.3%
N/A-7.7%$104.34M$36.72M0.00120
HYMC
Hycroft Mining
N/A$2.27
-3.4%
N/A+17.7%$56.19M$33.23M0.00100Positive News
AUST
Austin Gold
N/A$2.31
-3.3%
N/A+136.6%$30.65MN/A-7.45N/AGap Down
GORO
Gold Resource
2.4247 of 5 stars
$0.15
-0.8%
N/AN/A$14.40M$73.90M-0.3110Analyst Forecast
CHNR
China Natural Resources
1.6792 of 5 stars
$0.67
+2.3%
N/A-62.1%$6.57M$2.94M0.0080Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:VGZ) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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