VGZ vs. GROY, IAUX, NFGC, ODV, PLG, VOXR, TRX, USGO, HYMC, and GORO
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Gold Royalty (GROY), i-80 Gold (IAUX), New Found Gold (NFGC), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vox Royalty (VOXR), TRX Gold (TRX), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), and Gold Resource (GORO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors
Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gold Royalty had 25 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Gold Royalty and 2 mentions for Vista Gold. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Gold Royalty's score of 0.48 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gold Royalty currently has a consensus price target of $4.18, indicating a potential upside of 39.44%. Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 183.02%. Given Vista Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Gold Royalty.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Gold Royalty on 9 of the 14 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 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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