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How Vista Gold Corp. stacks up
VGZ · against 423 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
2/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #402 of 424 · scores higher than 4% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score56 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including VGZ · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 2?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 100% of peers. Return on invested capital: -687.0% vs peer median 6.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 97% of peers. Return on assets: -16.3% vs peer median 2.5%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VGZ, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VGZ | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 396 reported | -687.0% | 4.0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 412 reported | Not reported | 4.3% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 413 reported | -16.3% | 1.3% | 4% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 407 reported | -26.4% | 2.7% | 8% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 442 reported | 0.0% | 17.3% | 6% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VGZ| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.9B MYR (≈$416M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 1 | 436M GBP (≈$566M) | 98 | 76 | |
| 1 | 934M AUD (≈$617M) | 98 | 85 | |
| 1 | 1.0B AUD (≈$673M) | 98 | 80 | |
| 1 | 635M USD | 98 | 79 | |
| 402 | 696M USD | 2 | 35 | |
| 402 | 211M USD | 2 | 40 | |
| 402 | 435M USD | 2 | 36 | |
| 402 | 287M USD | 2 | 21 | |
| 402 | 352M USD | 2 | 36 | |
| 410 | 3.0B CNY (≈$419M) | 0 | 16 | |
| 410 | 3.2B CNY (≈$455M) | 0 | 11 | |
| 410 | 4.4B CNY (≈$613M) | 0 | 34 | |
| 410 | 1.6B CNY (≈$218M) | 0 | 1 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score