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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Osisko Development beats Vista Gold on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VGZ) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff