VGZ vs. PLG, ODV, TRX, VOXR, HYMC, USGO, GORO, AUST, CHNR, and AUMN
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), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Gold Resource (GORO), Austin Gold (AUST), China Natural Resources (CHNR), and Golden Minerals (AUMN). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Vista Gold currently has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 419.86%. Given Vista Gold's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Platinum Group Metals.
In the previous week, Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Platinum Group Metals'average media sentiment score.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Platinum Group Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Platinum Group Metals' return on equity of -10.96% beat Vista Gold's return on equity.
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 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platinum Group Metals has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Platinum Group Metals on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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