Vista Gold Corp (AMEX: VGZ)’s stock price has gone rise by 0.07 in comparison to its previous close of 0.76, however, the company has experienced a 0.83% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-11 that Vista Gold Corp.’s Mt Todd project in Australia is economically viable, focusing on efficiency with a revised plan for 15,000 tonnes/day production and $400M capital requirements. The new feasibility study shows promising economics with a payback period of approximately 8 months at current gold prices, even considering potential price drops. VGZ is debt-free with $17M in cash, sufficient for 2 years of operations, but urgently needs a partner to start mining.
Is It Worth Investing in Vista Gold Corp (AMEX: VGZ) Right Now?
Vista Gold Corp (AMEX: VGZ) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 8.58x compared to its average ratio. VGZ has 36-month beta value of 1.62. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for VGZ is 120.91M, and currently, short sellers hold a 0.01% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of VGZ on March 28, 2025 was 364.49K shares.
VGZ’s Market Performance
The stock of Vista Gold Corp (VGZ) has seen a 0.83% increase in the past week, with a 21.61% rise in the past month, and a 36.26% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 5.29% for VGZ. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.17% for VGZ’s stock, with a 24.43% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of VGZ
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VGZ stocks, with ROTH Capital repeating the rating for VGZ by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for VGZ in the upcoming period, according to ROTH Capital is $2.30 based on the research report published on October 27, 2020 of the previous year 2020.
H.C. Wainwright, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VGZ reach a price target of $0.50. The rating they have provided for VGZ stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on June 29th, 2015.
H.C. Wainwright gave a rating of “Buy” to VGZ, setting the target price at $1.25 in the report published on June 19th of the previous year.
VGZ Trading at 12.51% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VGZ to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -7.71% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.29%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.31%, as shares surge +23.31% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +34.27% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VGZ rose by +1.82%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +59.83% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.7474. In addition, Vista Gold Corp saw 36.77% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Stock Fundamentals for VGZ
The total capital return value is set at 0.59. Equity return is now at value 98.43, with 80.61 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 659.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.38. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 16.73.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Vista Gold Corp (VGZ) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
