VGZ vs. PLG, ODV, TRX, HYMC, USGO, GORO, AUST, CHNR, AUMN, and NEM
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Gold Resource (GORO), Austin Gold (AUST), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) and Platinum Group Metals (NYSE:PLG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Platinum Group Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -10.96% beat Vista Gold's return on equity.
27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vista Gold received 1 more outperform votes than Platinum Group Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 2.22% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Platinum Group Metals an outperform vote.
Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vista Gold and Vista Gold both had 1 articles in the media. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Platinum Group Metals' score of 0.34 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vista Gold presently has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 390.20%. Given Vista Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Platinum Group Metals on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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