Financial Review: Vizsla Silver (VZLA) versus The Competition

Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA – Get Rating) is one of 101 public companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Vizsla Silver to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Vizsla Silver and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vizsla Silver	N/A	-9.67%	-9.22%
Vizsla Silver Competitors	-18.36%	-3.58%	-0.90%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vizsla Silver and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vizsla Silver	N/A	-$12.17 million	-14.56
Vizsla Silver Competitors	$1.60 billion	$107.18 million	-3.27

Vizsla Silver’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Vizsla Silver. Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.6% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Vizsla Silver and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vizsla Silver	0	0	3	0	3.00
Vizsla Silver Competitors	597	3005	3738	78	2.44

Vizsla Silver presently has a consensus price target of 2.65, indicating a potential upside of 102.29%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 45.20%. Given Vizsla Silver’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Vizsla Silver peers beat Vizsla Silver on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Vizsla Silver

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Vizsla Silver Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious and base metal assets. The company explores for gold, silver, and coper deposits. Its flagship project is the Panuco-Copala silver gold district located in Sinaloa, Mexico. The company was formerly known as Vizsla Resources Corp. and changed its name to Vizsla Silver Corp. in February 2021. Vizsla Silver Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.