VGZ vs. HYMC, USGO, GORO, VOXR, TRX, PLG, ODV, GLT, FEAM, and NB
Should you be buying Vista Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Gold include Hycroft Mining (HYMC), U.S. GoldMining (USGO), Gold Resource (GORO), Vox Royalty (VOXR), TRX Gold (TRX), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Osisko Development (ODV), Glatfelter (GLT), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), and NioCorp Developments (NB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Vista Gold (NYSE:VGZ) and Hycroft Mining (NASDAQ:HYMC) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Hycroft Mining received 5 more outperform votes than Vista Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.55% of users gave Hycroft Mining an outperform vote while only 2.33% of users gave Vista Gold an outperform vote.
Vista Gold's return on equity of -97.04% beat Hycroft Mining's return on equity.
27.3% of Vista Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Hycroft Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Vista Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Hycroft Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vista Gold presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 414.30%. Given Vista Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Gold is more favorable than Hycroft Mining.
In the previous week, Vista Gold had 7 more articles in the media than Hycroft Mining. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vista Gold and 1 mentions for Hycroft Mining. Vista Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Hycroft Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Vista Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vista Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hycroft Mining. Vista Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hycroft Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vista Gold has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hycroft Mining has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vista Gold beats Hycroft Mining on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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