Euro Pacific Asset Management LLC Reduces Holdings in Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE:VGZ)

Euro Pacific Asset Management LLC decreased its stake in shares of Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE:VGZ - Free Report) by 56.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,357,295 shares of the company's stock after selling 3,069,029 shares during the period. Euro Pacific Asset Management LLC owned approximately 1.95% of Vista Gold worth $1,066,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Two Sigma Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Vista Gold during the 2nd quarter valued at about $47,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Vista Gold by 8.1% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 433,600 shares of the company's stock valued at $225,000 after purchasing an additional 32,332 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of Vista Gold by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,734,441 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,044,000 after purchasing an additional 44,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vista Gold by 24.0% in the first quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 77,500 shares of the company's stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 15,000 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 27.29% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on VGZ. HC Wainwright reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $2.50 target price on shares of Vista Gold in a report on Friday, March 15th. StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Vista Gold in a report on Monday, April 1st. They issued a "hold" rating for the company.

Vista Gold Price Performance

NYSE VGZ remained flat at $0.55 during trading on Thursday. 106,199 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 315,316. The company has a market capitalization of $67.08 million, a PE ratio of -11.00 and a beta of 1.67. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $0.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $0.41. Vista Gold Corp. has a 1 year low of $0.30 and a 1 year high of $0.76.

Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 14th. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Vista Gold Corp. will post -0.06 earnings per share for the current year.

Vista Gold Profile

Vista Gold Corp., together with its subsidiaries, acquires, explores, evaluates, and advances gold exploration and development projects in Australia. Its flagship asset is the 100% owned Mt Todd gold project located in Northern Territory, Australia. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.