VGZ vs. ODV, FVL, GOLD, TMQ, AU, PTM, LN, HAM, FURY, and PGLC
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Osisko Development (ODV), Freegold Ventures (FVL), GoldMining (GOLD), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Aurion Resources (AU), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Loncor Gold (LN), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), and Pershing Gold (PGLC). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
Vista Gold vs.
Vista Gold (TSE:VGZ) and Osisko Development (CVE:ODV) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Osisko Development has a consensus price target of C$6.13, suggesting a potential upside of 132.89%. Given Osisko Development's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Osisko Development is more favorable than Vista Gold.
Vista Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
27.1% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Osisko Development shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vista Gold received 100 more outperform votes than Osisko Development when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Osisko Development an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Osisko Development'saverage media sentiment score.
Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Osisko Development has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Osisko Development on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VGZ) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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