VZLA vs. PPTA, ODV, PLG, TRX, VOXR, MUX, ARMN, EXK, GATO, and DRD
Should you be buying Vizsla Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vizsla Silver include Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), TRX Gold (TRX), Vox Royalty (VOXR), McEwen Mining (MUX), Aris Mining (ARMN), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Gatos Silver (GATO), and DRDGOLD (DRD). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) and Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Perpetua Resources received 5 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.
Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vizsla Silver had 2 more articles in the media than Perpetua Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vizsla Silver and 0 mentions for Perpetua Resources. Vizsla Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Perpetua Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vizsla Silver presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 158.62%. Perpetua Resources has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 88.07%. Given Vizsla Silver's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.
Vizsla Silver's return on equity of -7.64% beat Perpetua Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Vizsla Silver beats Perpetua Resources on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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