VGZ vs. NFGC, IAUX, GROY, ODV, PLG, VOXR, USGO, TRX, HYMC, and GORO
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include New Found Gold (NFGC), i-80 Gold (IAUX), Gold Royalty (GROY), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Vox Royalty (VOXR), 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.
New Found Gold (NYSE:NFGC) and Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
3.4% of New Found 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
New Found Gold received 4 more outperform votes than Vista Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave New Found Gold an outperform vote while only 8.93% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat New Found Gold's return on equity.
New Found Gold has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, New Found Gold had 3 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Found Gold and 2 mentions for Vista Gold. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat New Found Gold's score of -0.46 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
New Found Gold presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 173.22%. Vista Gold has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 276.56%. Given Vista Gold's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than New Found Gold.
New Found 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.
Summary
Vista Gold beats New Found Gold on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VGZ) was last updated on 3/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
