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Vista Gold (VGZ) Competitors

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C$2.53 +0.32 (+14.48%)
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VGZ vs. ODV, EQX, FVL, NDM, NSR, TMQ, GOLD, PTM, FURY, and AU

Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Osisko Development (ODV), Equinox Gold (EQX), Freegold Ventures (FVL), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), Nomad Royalty (NSR), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), GoldMining (GOLD), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), and Aurion Resources (AU). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors

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

Vista Gold has a beta of 2.318036, suggesting that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Osisko Development has a beta of 1.492513, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vista GoldN/AN/AC$7.97M-C$0.07-36.14
Osisko DevelopmentC$7.02M144.56-C$332.96M-C$1.11-3.86

Osisko Development has a consensus price target of C$6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.19%. Given Osisko Development's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Osisko Development is more favorable than Vista Gold.

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

0.0% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Osisko Development shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Vista Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of Osisko Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Vista GoldN/A 93.43% -28.08%
Osisko Development -1,819.53%-37.24%-16.19%

In the previous week, Osisko Development had 4 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Osisko Development and 2 mentions for Vista Gold. Osisko Development's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Osisko Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vista Gold
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Osisko Development
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Osisko Development beats Vista Gold on 10 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

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VGZ vs. The Competition

MetricVista GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$316.71MC$2.78BC$3.62BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield0.32%5.94%5.06%6.51%
P/E Ratio-36.14197.49158.9625.78
Price / SalesN/A412.4016,207.209.40
Price / Cash9.3822.1124.2483.29
Price / Book16.299.616.805.54
Net IncomeC$7.97MC$6.39MC$149.32MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance33.16%3.57%2.18%1.41%
1 Month Performance72.11%17.95%10.30%8.49%
1 Year Performance187.50%70.19%44.99%36.34%

Vista Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VGZ
Vista Gold
N/AC$2.53
+14.5%
N/A+157.0%C$316.71MN/A-36.1410Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ODV
Osisko Development
1.1692 of 5 stars
C$4.32
-0.9%
C$6.00
+38.9%
+60.6%C$1.02BC$7.02M-3.89310News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
EQX
Equinox Gold
2.7403 of 5 stars
C$7.88
-0.9%
C$12.00
+52.3%
+0.0%C$892.46MC$192.84M-43.547,730Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
FVL
Freegold Ventures
N/AC$1.64
+16.3%
N/A+84.3%C$867.82MN/A-359.773News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
NDM
Northern Dynasty Minerals
N/AC$1.14
-0.9%
N/A+142.6%C$628.99MN/A-7.60N/A
NSR
Nomad Royalty
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$594.42MC$31.28M967.006
TMQ
Trilogy Metals
0.1268 of 5 stars
C$2.91
+6.2%
C$2.38
-18.4%
+315.7%C$477.94MN/A-48.505News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GOLD
GoldMining
N/AC$1.70
-4.5%
N/A+29.8%C$335.84MN/A-13.0821,300News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PTM
Platinum Group Metals
N/AC$2.42
+5.2%
N/A+44.0%C$271.41MN/A-60.5010News Coverage
FURY
Fury Gold Mines
N/AC$0.92
-5.2%
N/A+76.9%C$157.92MN/A-1.2610News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AU
Aurion Resources
N/AC$1.03
+2.0%
N/A+83.9%C$154.09MN/A-51.5020,730

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This page (TSE:VGZ) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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