VGZ — VISTA GOLD CORP

US Materials Metals & mining equity mkt cap 363.5M
2.49 +2.89% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 1.10 · high 3.05

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Performance

1 day+2.89%
1 week+7.79%
1 month+45.61%
3 months+12.67%
6 months-8.12%
Year to date+37.57%
1 year+114.66%
3 years+417.13%
5 years+203.66%

Technicals

RSI 1485.1
vs 50-day avg+25.62%
vs 200-day avg+16.77%
Volatility 1y83.8%
Max drawdown 1y-49.51%
Avg volume 30d1.3M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on VGZ

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-09Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-29Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-02-27Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-03-13Earnest Frederick Hume
President & CEO
Shares withheld for tax242.2K2.06498.9K
2026-03-13Tobler Douglas L.
CFO
Shares withheld for tax127.3K2.06262.2K
2026-03-13Solly Pamela A.
VP, Investor Relations
Shares withheld for tax54.4K2.06112.0K
2026-03-13Tobler Douglas L.
CFO
Option exercise16.7K0.000
2026-03-13Earnest Frederick Hume
President & CEO
Option exercise477.7K0.000
2026-03-13Earnest Frederick Hume
President & CEO
Option exercise38.7K0.000
2026-03-13Solly Pamela A.
VP, Investor Relations
Option exercise9.7K0.000
2026-03-13Earnest Frederick Hume
President & CEO
Option exercise32.3K0.000
2026-03-13Tobler Douglas L.
CFO
Option exercise247.0K0.000
2026-03-13Tobler Douglas L.
CFO
Option exercise20.0K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Kopernik Global Investors, LLC27.1M13.9M
Trek Financial, LLC7.4M3.8M
Nilsine Partners, LLC5.4M2.5M
Cetera Investment Advisers4.2M2.1M
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC3.6M1.9M
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP2.7M1.4M
MMCAP International Inc. SPC2.2M1.1M
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP2.1M1.1M
Redmond Asset Management, LLC1.9M944.7K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC1.7M855.5K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d47.8% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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