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
Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) and Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Vista Gold currently has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 175.28%. Gold Royalty has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 65.93%. Given Vista Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Gold Royalty.
Vista Gold has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Vista Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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, Vista Gold and Vista Gold both had 1 articles in the media. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gold Royalty'saverage media sentiment score.
27.3% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Gold Royalty on 9 of the 12 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
