Healthy Upside Potential: Vista Gold Corp (VGZ)

With 0.16 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.5 million shares. During the session, the Gold company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $0.5797 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $0.5501. The 52-week range on VGZ shows that it touched its highest point at $0.83 and its lowest point at $0.32 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.71.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of VGZ was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.71%, but this was down by -7.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -22.90% while six-month performance rose 16.71%. The stock gained 24.52% in the past year, while it has gained 23.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VGZ yields 0.09 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.06.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 122.85 million VGZ shares are outstanding with a float of 119.62 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-11-29, short shares totaled 0.43 million, which was 34.999998999999995 higher than short shares on 1730332800. In addition to Mr. Frederick H. Earnest B.Sc. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Douglas L. Tobler serves as its Chief Financial Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.26966 of VGZ’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, VGZ reported revenue of $0.0 and operating income of -$1833000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$1819000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.01.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VGZ since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With VGZ analysts setting a high price target of 2.75 and a low target of 2.75, the average target price over the next 12 months is 2.75. Based on these targets, VGZ could surge 391.07% to reach the target high and rise by 391.07% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 391.07% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.09 being high and $0.09 being low. For VGZ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.09. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.