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Vista Gold (VGZ) Competitors

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C$1.33 -0.03 (-2.21%)
As of 07/4/2025 03:07 PM Eastern

VGZ vs. FVL, ODV, TMQ, GOLD, PTM, AU, FURY, HAM, PGLC, and ORV

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

Vista Gold vs. Its Competitors

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

6.3% of Freegold Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Freegold Ventures shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Vista Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Freegold Ventures had 2 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Freegold Ventures and 0 mentions for Vista Gold. Freegold Ventures' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Freegold Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Freegold Ventures Positive
Vista Gold Neutral

Freegold Ventures 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
Freegold VenturesN/AN/A-C$809.92K-C$0.00-356.90
Vista GoldN/AN/AC$7.97MC$0.1310.16

Freegold Ventures has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vista Gold's return on equity of 93.43% beat Freegold Ventures' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freegold VenturesN/A -1.15% -0.68%
Vista Gold N/A 93.43%-28.08%

Summary

Freegold Ventures and Vista Gold tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VGZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$115.17MC$1.83BC$3.29BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield0.32%6.03%5.14%6.72%
P/E Ratio10.16412.5493.5250.85
Price / SalesN/A205,897,301,281,675,000.0027,091,750,169,102,000.001,194.53
Price / Cash9.3822.0523.8983.29
Price / Book8.568.145.894.70
Net IncomeC$7.97MC$9.02MC$147.76MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-2.21%1.96%2.25%2.27%
1 Month Performance-3.62%8.61%4.72%4.69%
1 Year Performance101.52%42.92%24.87%26.89%

Vista Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VGZ
Vista Gold
N/AC$1.33
-2.2%
N/A+101.5%C$115.17MN/A10.1610
FVL
Freegold Ventures
N/AC$1.28
-0.8%
N/A+198.8%C$422.27MN/A-368.413News Coverage
Gap Down
ODV
Osisko Development
N/AC$2.91
+2.5%
C$6.13
+110.5%
+13.0%C$397.45MC$18.30M-1.19310Gap Down
TMQ
Trilogy Metals
0.9801 of 5 stars
C$1.92
flat
C$2.38
+23.7%
+181.5%C$217.20MN/A-21.535Gap Up
GOLD
GoldMining
N/AC$1.03
+1.0%
N/A-19.4%C$201.51MN/A-8.3921,300News Coverage
PTM
Platinum Group Metals
N/AC$2.10
+2.9%
N/A-18.3%C$150.92MN/A-30.8310
AU
Aurion Resources
N/AC$0.71
+2.9%
N/A+14.5%C$105.71MN/A-40.7420,730News Coverage
Gap Up
FURY
Fury Gold Mines
N/AC$0.64
-3.0%
N/A+29.6%C$98.67MN/A-7.3110News Coverage
Gap Up
HAM
Highwood Asset Management
N/AC$5.69
+1.6%
N/A+10.4%C$84.44MC$89.30M1.0547,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PGLC
Pershing Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$56.59MN/A-3.1919Gap Down
ORV
Orvana Minerals
N/AC$0.56
+5.7%
N/A+137.2%C$55.28MC$65.25M-11.16710

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