VGZ vs. FVL, TMQ, ODV, GOLD, PTM, AU, HAM, LN, FURY, and SLR
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Freegold Ventures (FVL), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Osisko Development (ODV), GoldMining (GOLD), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Aurion Resources (AU), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Loncor Gold (LN), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), and Solitario Resources (SLR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs.
Vista Gold (TSE:VGZ) and Freegold Ventures (TSE:FVL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Vista Gold received 37 more outperform votes than Freegold Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave Freegold Ventures an outperform vote while only 66.27% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
27.1% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Freegold Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Vista Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Freegold Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vista Gold's return on equity of 81.80% beat Freegold Ventures' return on equity.
Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freegold Ventures has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Freegold Ventures had 1 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Freegold Ventures and 0 mentions for Vista Gold. Freegold Ventures' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Freegold Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Freegold Ventures beats Vista Gold on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VGZ) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
