VGZ vs. IAUX, GROY, ODV, NFGC, PLG, VOXR, USGO, TRX, GORO, and HYMC
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), Osisko Development (ODV), New Found Gold (NFGC), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vox Royalty (VOXR), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Gold Resource (GORO), and Hycroft Mining (HYMC). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors
i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Vista Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
i-80 Gold currently has a consensus price target of $2.17, suggesting a potential upside of 258.84%. Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 179.73%. Given i-80 Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Vista Gold.
In the previous week, i-80 Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for i-80 Gold and 0 mentions for Vista Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vista Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vista Gold beats i-80 Gold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:VGZ) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
