VGZ vs. IAUX, GROY, NFGC, ODV, HYMC, PLG, VOXR, NAMM, GORO, and TRX
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), New Found Gold (NFGC), Osisko Development (ODV), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Namib Minerals (NAMM), Gold Resource (GORO), and TRX Gold (TRX). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors
i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i-80 Gold. Vista Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i-80 Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.3% of i-80 Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of i-80 Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are held by 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.
Vista Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to i-80 Gold's net margin of -231.43%. Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat i-80 Gold's return on equity.
i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
i-80 Gold currently has a consensus target price of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.58%. Vista Gold has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.93%. Given Vista Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than i-80 Gold.
In the previous week, Vista Gold had 1 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vista Gold and 4 mentions for i-80 Gold. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat i-80 Gold's score of 0.31 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vista Gold beats i-80 Gold on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:VGZ) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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