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Vista Gold (VGZ) Competitors

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C$1.28 -0.02 (-1.54%)
As of 08/1/2025 03:56 PM Eastern

VGZ vs. ODV, TMQ, GOLD, PTM, AU, FURY, HAM, LN, PGLC, and SLR

Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Osisko Development (ODV), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), GoldMining (GOLD), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Aurion Resources (AU), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Loncor Gold (LN), Pershing Gold (PGLC), and Solitario Resources (SLR). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors

Osisko Development (CVE:ODV) and Vista Gold (TSE:VGZ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Vista Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Osisko Development. Osisko Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Osisko DevelopmentC$18.30M22.84-C$332.96M-C$2.44-1.26
Vista GoldN/AN/AC$7.97MC$0.139.77

Vista Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Osisko Development's net margin of -1,819.53%. Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Osisko Development's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Osisko Development-1,819.53% -37.24% -16.19%
Vista Gold N/A 93.43%-28.08%

In the previous week, Vista Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Osisko Development. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vista Gold and 0 mentions for Osisko Development. Osisko Development's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Vista Gold's score of -0.27 indicating that Osisko Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Osisko Development Neutral
Vista Gold Neutral

Osisko Development has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Osisko Development currently has a consensus price target of C$5.17, indicating a potential upside of 68.85%. Given Osisko Development's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Osisko Development is more favorable than Vista Gold.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Osisko Development
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
Vista Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

13.1% of Osisko Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 34.4% of Osisko Development shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Vista Gold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vista Gold beats Osisko Development on 8 of the 15 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 TSE 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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VGZ vs. The Competition

MetricVista GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$110.84MC$1.81BC$3.17BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield0.32%6.07%5.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio9.77523.28117.7763.43
Price / SalesN/A228,361,081,590,274,000.0030,017,513,221,196,900.001,251.00
Price / Cash9.3822.1123.7883.29
Price / Book8.247.795.894.87
Net IncomeC$7.97MC$6.39MC$148.55MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.03%-1.28%-3.20%-2.26%
1 Month Performance-5.88%4.17%1.47%0.81%
1 Year Performance77.78%48.52%28.78%26.63%

Vista Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VGZ
Vista Gold
N/AC$1.28
-1.5%
N/A+70.7%C$110.84MN/A9.7710
ODV
Osisko Development
0.9911 of 5 stars
C$3.27
-2.1%
C$5.17
+58.0%
+15.9%C$446.62MC$18.30M-1.34310News Coverage
Positive News
TMQ
Trilogy Metals
0.5293 of 5 stars
C$2.60
-5.8%
C$2.38
-8.7%
+130.1%C$294.12MN/A-29.165
GOLD
GoldMining
N/AC$1.11
flat
N/A-10.7%C$217.16MN/A-9.0421,300
PTM
Platinum Group Metals
N/AC$2.35
-1.7%
N/A-4.4%C$168.89MN/A-34.5010News Coverage
Positive News
AU
Aurion Resources
N/AC$0.85
+6.3%
N/A+48.1%C$126.56MN/A-48.7720,730Gap Up
FURY
Fury Gold Mines
N/AC$0.75
+4.2%
N/A+28.3%C$115.62MN/A-8.5710Negative News
HAM
Highwood Asset Management
1.3255 of 5 stars
C$5.45
-2.0%
C$7.25
+33.0%
-5.5%C$80.88MC$89.30M1.0047,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
LN
Loncor Gold
N/AC$0.65
-1.5%
C$1.57
+141.5%
+46.5%C$70.67MN/A-2.1730
PGLC
Pershing Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$56.59MN/A-3.1919Gap Down
SLR
Solitario Resources
N/AC$0.97
+10.2%
N/A-15.9%C$55.56MN/A-12.7410News Coverage

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