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After finishing at $1.41 in the prior trading day, Vista Gold Corp (AMEX: VGZ) closed at $1.43, up 1.42%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.42 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.93 million shares were traded. VGZ stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.44 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.38.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of VGZ by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 11.03 and its Current Ratio is at 11.03. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VGZ now has a Market Capitalization of 179008816 and an Enterprise Value of 165797952.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for VGZ is 0.89, which has changed by 1.3064516 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1725707 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VGZ has reached a high of $1.43, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.47. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 32.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 68.39%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 679.54K shares per day over the past 3-months and 1144710 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 125.13M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 121.61M. Insiders hold about 2.85% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 23.81% stake in the company. Shares short for VGZ as of 1755216000 were 414996 with a Short Ratio of 0.61, compared to 1752537600 on 259269. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 414996 and a Short% of Float of 0.41000000000000003.

Earnings Estimates

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.06 and -$0.06 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.06. EPS for the following year is -$0.05, with 1.0 analysts recommending between -$0.05 and -$0.05.