Vista Gold Corp (AMEX:VGZ) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price up by 0.13% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $0.76.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $0.76, falling within a range of $0.7627 and $0.7899. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.725 whereas the PE ratio was 8.59 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $0.83, and the low was $0.45. On the whole, VGZ has fluctuated by 21.69% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Vista Gold Corp currently standing at about $95.05 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VGZ’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of VGZ currently trading nearly 2.23% and 12.59% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 59.55, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 4.15% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.30%. Furthermore, Vista Gold Corp (VGZ)’s beta value is 1.62, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.04.
A comparison of Vista Gold Corp (VGZ) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VGZ showed an intraday change of 0.13% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 54.44%%.
Data on historical trading for Vista Gold Corp (AMEX:VGZ) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.36 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 364.49K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 123.55 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 2.85% of Vista Gold Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 27.17% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 17413.0 shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 0.03. According to the data, the short interest in Vista Gold Corp (VGZ) stood at 2.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 28189.0. The stock has risen by 36.86% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VGZ stock heading into the next quarter.
