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Vista Gold (VGZ) Competitors

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C$1.38 -0.01 (-0.72%)
As of 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

VGZ vs. ODV, FVL, TMQ, GOLD, PTM, AU, FURY, HAM, LN, 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), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), GoldMining (GOLD), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), Aurion Resources (AU), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Loncor Gold (LN), and Pershing Gold (PGLC). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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%

Osisko Development presently has a consensus target price of C$5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 56.57%. Given Osisko Development's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Vista Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.4% of Osisko Development shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Vista Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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$18.30M24.63-C$332.96M-C$2.44-1.35
Vista GoldN/AN/AC$7.97MC$0.1310.54

In the previous week, Osisko Development had 3 more articles in the media than Vista Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Osisko Development and 2 mentions for Vista Gold. Osisko Development's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Vista Gold's score of 0.02 indicating that Osisko Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Osisko Development beats Vista Gold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VGZ vs. The Competition

MetricVista GoldGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$119.50MC$1.82BC$3.31BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield0.32%6.07%5.14%6.72%
P/E Ratio10.54404.9592.7550.47
Price / SalesN/A238,289,824,268,117,000.0031,218,733,196,606,700.001,211.67
Price / Cash9.3822.1123.8783.29
Price / Book8.888.166.074.70
Net IncomeC$7.97MC$6.39MC$147.90MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.76%2.38%2.29%1.03%
1 Month Performance1.47%9.79%6.56%4.02%
1 Year Performance97.14%42.29%26.87%25.97%

Vista Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VGZ
Vista Gold
N/AC$1.38
-0.7%
N/A+106.0%C$119.50MN/A10.5410
ODV
Osisko Development
1.1466 of 5 stars
C$3.10
+1.6%
C$6.13
+97.6%
+9.6%C$423.40MC$18.30M-1.27310News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
FVL
Freegold Ventures
N/AC$1.25
flat
N/A+151.1%C$412.37MN/A-359.773Gap Up
TMQ
Trilogy Metals
0.0945 of 5 stars
C$1.86
+0.5%
C$2.38
+27.7%
+223.6%C$210.41MN/A-20.865News Coverage
GOLD
GoldMining
N/AC$1.00
+2.0%
N/A-19.2%C$195.64MN/A-8.1521,300
PTM
Platinum Group Metals
N/AC$2.18
+5.3%
N/A+3.9%C$156.67MN/A-32.0010
AU
Aurion Resources
N/AC$0.72
+1.4%
N/A+26.2%C$107.20MN/A-41.3120,730
FURY
Fury Gold Mines
N/AC$0.68
flat
N/A+18.3%C$104.83MN/A-7.7710Negative News
HAM
Highwood Asset Management
1.4081 of 5 stars
C$5.68
+0.5%
N/A+2.1%C$84.29MC$89.30M1.0547,400Positive News
High Trading Volume
LN
Loncor Gold
N/AC$0.54
+1.9%
C$1.57
+190.7%
+54.1%C$58.71MN/A-1.8030High Trading Volume
PGLC
Pershing Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$56.59MN/A-3.1919Gap Down

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This page (TSE:VGZ) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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