VGZ vs. ODV, FVL, TMQ, GOLD, PTM, AU, FURY, HAM, LN, and SLR
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), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), GoldMining (GOLD), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Aurion Resources (AU), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Loncor Gold (LN), and Solitario Resources (SLR). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
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.
Osisko Development has a consensus price target of C$5.17, indicating a potential upside of 43.52%. Given Osisko Development's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Osisko Development is more favorable than Vista Gold.
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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Osisko Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of Osisko Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vista Gold and Vista Gold both had 1 articles in the media. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Osisko Development's score of 0.20 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Osisko Development on 8 of the 14 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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This page (TSE:VGZ) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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