VGZ vs. TMQ, ODV, FVL, GOLD, PTM, AU, HAM, FURY, LN, and PGLC
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Osisko Development (ODV), Freegold Ventures (FVL), GoldMining (GOLD), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Aurion Resources (AU), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), Loncor Gold (LN), and Pershing Gold (PGLC). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs.
Vista Gold (TSE:VGZ) and Trilogy Metals (TSE:TMQ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Trilogy 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.
27.1% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of Trilogy Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Vista Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Trilogy Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Trilogy Metals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Trilogy Metals had 8 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Trilogy Metals and 1 mentions for Vista Gold. Trilogy Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Trilogy Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trilogy Metals received 1 more outperform votes than Vista Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.27% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave Trilogy Metals an outperform vote.
Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trilogy Metals has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trilogy Metals has a consensus target price of C$2.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.04%. Given Trilogy Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trilogy Metals is more favorable than Vista Gold.
Summary
Trilogy Metals beats Vista Gold on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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