Vizsla Silver (VZLA) Competitors

Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) and Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ:PPTA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is VZLA or PPTA more profitable?

Vizsla Silver's return on equity of -7.64% beat Perpetua Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vizsla Silver	N/A	-7.64%	-7.48%
Perpetua Resources	N/A	-24.78%	-20.83%

Do analysts prefer VZLA or PPTA?

Vizsla Silver presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 130.50%. Perpetua Resources has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 68.31%. Given Vizsla Silver's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Perpetua Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vizsla Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Perpetua Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VZLA or PPTA?

22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Perpetua Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, VZLA or PPTA?

Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perpetua Resources has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VZLA or PPTA?

In the previous week, Vizsla Silver had 5 more articles in the media than Perpetua Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vizsla Silver and 4 mentions for Perpetua Resources. Vizsla Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Perpetua Resources' score of -0.31 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vizsla Silver	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Perpetua Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VZLA or PPTA?

Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetua Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vizsla Silver	N/A	N/A	-$10.23M	-$0.05	-28.30
Perpetua Resources	N/A	N/A	-$18.77M	-$0.29	-20.66

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VZLA or PPTA?

Perpetua Resources received 6 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Perpetua Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vizsla Silver	Outperform Votes 9 69.23%	Underperform Votes 4 30.77%
Perpetua Resources	Outperform Votes 15 62.50%	Underperform Votes 9 37.50%

Summary

Vizsla Silver beats Perpetua Resources on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.