VGZ vs. GROY, NFGC, ODV, VOXR, PLG, USGO, TRX, HYMC, 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), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), TRX Gold (TRX), Hycroft Mining (HYMC), Gold Resource (GORO), and Austin Gold (AUST). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Gold Royalty and Gold Royalty both had 1 articles in the media. Gold Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vista Gold'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gold Royalty presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 65.93%. Vista Gold has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 175.28%. Given Vista Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Gold Royalty.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Gold Royalty on 9 of the 12 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 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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