VGZ vs. IAUX, GROY, NFGC, ODV, VOXR, PLG, USGO, TRX, HYMC, and GORO
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), Vox Royalty (VOXR), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), and Gold Resource (GORO). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs.
i-80 Gold (NYSE:IAUX) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) 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 dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, Vista Gold had 3 more articles in the media than i-80 Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vista Gold and 2 mentions for i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.10 indicating that i-80 Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
i-80 Gold has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i-80 Gold. i-80 Gold 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 received 4 more outperform votes than i-80 Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 28.57% of users gave i-80 Gold an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
61.3% of i-80 Gold 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
i-80 Gold currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 491.22%. Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 212.50%. Given i-80 Gold's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe i-80 Gold is more favorable than Vista Gold.
Summary
Vista Gold beats i-80 Gold on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VGZ) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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