Vista Gold Corp chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share N/A
Dividend & YieldN/A$ (N/A)
Beta 1.36
Market capitalization 62.45M
Operating cash flow -7.41M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Vista Gold Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the evaluation, acquisition, exploration, and advancement of gold exploration and development projects primarily in Australia. The company's flagship asset is the Mt Todd gold project located in Northern Territory. Vista Gold Corp. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado.

Sector: Basic Materials - Industry: Gold

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Change To Liabilities 40k 456k 377k -457k
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities 7.38M 11.63M 2.63M 2.88M
Net Borrowings
Total Cash From Financing Activities 13k 1.68M 12.98M -113k
Change To Operating Activities -33k -279k -50k 274k
Issuance Of Stock 89k 1.8M 13.38M 244k
Net Income -9.39M 420k -15.24M -4.93M
Change In Cash 337k 6.35M 5M -4.65M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities -7.05M -6.96M -10.62M -7.41M
Depreciation 52k 48k 49k 45k
Change To Account Receivables
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities
Change To Netincome 2.27M -7.6M 4.24M -2.34M
Capital Expenditures -40k -68k -139k -5k

Income Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax -9.39M 420k -15.24M -4.93M
Net Income -9.39M 420k -15.24M -4.93M
Selling General Administrative 3.94M 3.78M 3.94M 3.77M
Gross Profit
Ebit -8.09M -8.37M -11.94M -8.33M
Operating Income -8.09M -8.37M -11.94M -8.33M
Interest Expense
Income Tax Expense
Total Revenue
Cost Of Revenue
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -1.3M 8.79M -3.3M 3.4M
Net Income From Continuing Ops -9.39M 420k -15.24M -4.93M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares -9.39M 420k -15.24M -4.93M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Total Liabilities 4.04M 1.38M 2.05M 957k
Total Stockholder Equity 12.65M 15.85M 14.29M 10.03M
Other Current Liabilities 408k 68k 383k
Total Assets 16.68M 17.23M 16.34M 10.99M
Common Stock 457.72M 460.5M 474.18M 474.85M
Other Current Assets 482k 952k 811k 537k
Retained Earnings -445.07M -444.65M -459.89M -464.82M
Treasury Stock
Cash 1.41M 7.76M 12.76M 8.11M
Total Current Liabilities 1.07M 1.13M 1.79M 933k
Other Stockholder Equity
Property, Plant, and Equipment 7.86M 7.82M 2.39M 2.34M
Total Current Assets 8.83M 9.41M 13.95M 8.65M
Net Tangible Assets 12.65M 15.85M 14.29M 10.03M
Net Receivables
Accounts Payable 190k 356k 566k 169k


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Vista Gold Corp:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 0.49 per share.D2022-12-30Chief Financial Officer2.5k
ROZELLE JOHN WSale at price 0.55 - 0.56 per share.D2022-11-28Officer33.5k
ROZELLE JOHN WSale at price 0.56 per share.D2022-11-22Officer15k
ROZELLE JOHN WSale at price 0.58 per share.D2022-11-15Officer20k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 0.58 per share.D2022-11-15Chief Financial Officer2.5k
ROZELLE JOHN WSale at price 0.61 per share.D2022-11-11Officer81.4k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 0.54 per share.D2022-09-22Chief Financial Officer2k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEED2022-07-29Chief Financial Officer5.67k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2022-05-02Chief Executive Officer41k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2022-05-02Officer15k
SOLLY PAMELA AD2022-05-02Officer12k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2022-03-02Chief Executive Officer346.5k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2022-03-02Officer130k
SOLLY PAMELA AD2022-03-02Officer79.55k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEED2022-03-02Chief Financial Officer185.66k
STEVENSON TRACY AUSTINPurchase at price 0.72 per share.D2021-11-24Director10k
STEVENSON TRACY AUSTINPurchase at price 0.77 per share.D2021-11-11Director10k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMEPurchase at price 0.74 per share.D2021-11-02Chief Executive Officer15k
ROZELLE JOHN WPurchase at price 0.73 per share.D2021-11-02Officer5k
SOLLY PAMELA APurchase at price 0.74 per share.D2021-11-02Officer5k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 0.74 per share.D2021-11-01Chief Financial Officer2.5k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEED2021-07-30Chief Financial Officer11.88k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2021-07-23Chief Executive Officer38k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2021-07-23Officer10.67k
EPPLER WILLIAM DURANDPurchase at price 0.88 per share.D2021-07-13Director50k
STEVENSON TRACY AUSTINPurchase at price 0.87 per share.D2021-07-13Director15k
SUN VALLEY GOLD MASTER FUND LTDPurchase at price 0.89 per share.I2021-07-12Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security1.3M
STEVENSON TRACY AUSTINPurchase at price 1.10 per share.D2021-07-12Director50k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 1.10 per share.D2021-07-12Chief Financial Officer10k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 1.26 per share.D2021-06-17Chief Financial Officer2.5k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 1.09 per share.D2021-05-04Chief Financial Officer3k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2021-04-30Chief Executive Officer226k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2021-04-30Officer82k
SOLLY PAMELA AD2021-04-30Officer66k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 0.92 per share.D2021-03-05Chief Financial Officer2.5k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2021-03-01Chief Executive Officer172.48k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2021-03-01Officer65.21k
SOLLY PAMELA AD2021-03-01Officer47.28k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEED2021-03-01Chief Financial Officer94.2k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEEPurchase at price 1.01 per share.D2020-11-17Chief Financial Officer2.5k
OGRYZLO C THOMASD2020-08-04Director5.87k
RICHINGS MICHAEL BD2020-08-04Director5.87k
EPPLER WILLIAM DURANDD2020-08-04Director5.87k
CLARK JOHN M.D2020-08-04Director5.87k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2020-08-04Chief Executive Officer25.33k
STEVENSON TRACY AUSTIND2020-08-04Director5.87k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2020-08-04Officer7.07k
TOBLER DOUGLAS LEED2020-07-30Chief Financial Officer21.36k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2020-07-24Chief Executive Officer38k
ROZELLE JOHN WD2020-07-24Officer10.67k
EARNEST FREDERICK HUMED2020-05-01Chief Executive Officer161.45k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Vista Gold Corp. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Vista Gold Corp

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Vista Gold Corp. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Vista Gold Corp:

Vista Gold Corp automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -21.11% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-21.11 %

Latent gain

-158.3 $

Invested capital

750.05 $

Annualized return

-13.89 %
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Momentum strategy results on Vista Gold Corp

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Vista Gold Corp. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Vista Gold Corp:

Vista Gold Corp momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -21.55% of return on Vista Gold Corp. That represents -377.12$ of latent gain with 1749.62$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -24.57% of return on Vista Gold Corp. That represents -307.41$ of latent gain with 1250.91$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-21.55 %

Latent gain

-377.12 $

Invested capital

1749.62 $

Annualized return

-0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-24.57 %

Latent gain

-307.41 $

Invested capital

1250.91 $

Annualized return

-23.62 %

Momentum equity curve on Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Vista Gold Corp:

Vista Gold Corp momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Vista Gold Corp are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Vista Gold Corp since the beginning:

Vista Gold Corp

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Vista Gold Corp

Buy the dip entry openings on Vista Gold Corp

Vista Gold Corp

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Vista Gold Corp is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Vista Gold Corp stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Vista Gold Corp, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 $

Invested capital

0.0 $

Annualized return

-0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Vista Gold Corp:

Vista Gold Corp

Note: the dividends potentially given by Vista Gold Corp are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Vista Gold Corp:

Vista Gold Corp

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Vista Gold Corp

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Vista Gold Corp.

Equity curve comparison on Vista Gold Corp

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Vista Gold Corp investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Vista Gold Corp

Vista Gold Corp investment comparison

Performance comparison on Vista Gold Corp

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -21.11% -158.3$ 750.05$ -13.89%
Momentum 1 quarter -21.55% -377.12$ 1749.62$ -16.84%
Momentum 2 quarters -24.57% -307.41$ 1250.91$ -23.62%
Non-directional 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ -0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-13.89 %

Momentum 1Q

-23.62 %

Momentum 2Q

-23.62 %

Non-directional

-0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Vista Gold Corp:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year

  • Vista Gold Corp

  • Most correlated stocks last 3 months

  • Vista Gold Corp
  • Americas Gold and Silver Corp

  • Negative correlation

    Most negatively correlated stocks this year


    Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

  • Rand Capital Corp
  • Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc
  • COSCO SHIP ENGY

  • Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Vista Gold Corp and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Vista Gold Corp does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name Vista Gold Corp
    Country United States
    City Littleton
    Address 7961 Shaffer Parkway
    Phone 720 981 1185
    Website www.vistagold.com
    FullTime employees 14
    Industry Gold
    Sector Basic Materials
    Exchange XNYS
    Ticker VGZ
    Market www.nyse.com

    Vista Gold Corp ESG Scores

    Environment scores

    Environment ESG Factors Scores
    Environment Score 0
    Peer Environment Performance unknown
    Environment Percentile unknown
    Palm Oil unknown
    Nuclear unknown
    Fur Leather unknown
    GMO unknown
    Coal unknown
    Pesticides unknown
    Animal Testing unknown

    Social scores

    Social ESG Factors Scores
    Social Score 0
    Peer Social Performance unknown
    Social Percentile unknown
    Highest Controversy unknown
    Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
    Adult unknown
    Gambling unknown
    Alcoholic unknown
    Tobacco unknown
    Catholic unknown
    Controversial Weapons unknown
    Small Arms unknown
    Military Contract unknown
    Peer Count unknown

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    Governance scores

    Governance ESG Factors Scores
    Governance Score 0
    Peer Governance Performance unknown
    Governance Percentile unknown

    ESG at glance
    Total ESG Scores: unknown
    Environment Score: 0
    Social Score: 0
    Governance Score: 0

    ESG Performance: unknown

    Peer Group: unknown

    Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

    Rating Year: unknown

    Rating Month: unknown

    Max Age: unknown

    Percentile: unknown