VGZ vs. GROY, NFGC, ODV, VOXR, HYMC, PLG, USGO, TRX, GORO, and AUST
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Gold Royalty (GROY), New Found Gold (NFGC), Osisko Development (ODV), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Gold Resource (GORO), and Austin Gold (AUST). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors
Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) and Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Vista Gold has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vista Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Gold Royalty had 2 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gold Royalty and 1 mentions for Vista Gold. Gold Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Gold Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vista Gold currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 117.39%. Gold Royalty has a consensus price target of $4.18, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Given Vista Gold's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Gold Royalty.
Vista Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gold Royalty's net margin of -252.16%. Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Gold Royalty's return on equity.
Summary
Vista Gold and Gold Royalty tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:VGZ) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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