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VGZ Vista Gold (VGZ) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Mining & Metals · Gold and silver ores · CIK 0000783324
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SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
58
13F, latest reported quarter

Vista Gold insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for VISTA GOLD CORP in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Palmedo Peter F.
SELL
2025-12-29 SECtraded 2025-12-23
400,000
$880.0K
+34.9%
Context
  • 12 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (12 sales), the last on Dec 22, 2025.
  • The trade is 3.2% of the 12,447,985 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 58 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Insider Palmedo Peter F. sold about $880.0K of VGZ on Dec 23, 2025; 58 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Palmedo Peter F.
SELL
2025-12-22 SEC
156,688
$352.5K
+18.8%
Context
  • 11 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (11 sales), the last on Dec 19, 2025.
  • The trade is 1.2% of the 12,847,985 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 58 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Insider Palmedo Peter F. sold about $352.5K of VGZ on Dec 22, 2025; 58 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Palmedo Peter F.
SELL
2025-12-22 SECtraded 2025-12-19
724,056
$1.5M
+18.8%
Context
  • 10 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (10 sales), the last on Oct 16, 2025.
  • The trade is 5.6% of the 13,004,673 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 58 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Insider Palmedo Peter F. sold about $1.5M of VGZ on Dec 19, 2025; 58 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SUN VALLEY GOLD LLC
SELL
2025-11-14 SECtraded 2025-11-12
1,242,469
$2.2M
+49.7%
Context
  • 10 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 buys, 8 sales), the last on Oct 16, 2025.
  • The trade is 9.1% of the 13,728,729 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 58 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Insider SUN VALLEY GOLD LLC sold about $2.2M of VGZ on Nov 12, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 1 other insider sold within 30 days and 58 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Palmedo Peter F.
SELL
2025-11-07 SECtraded 2025-10-16
2,872
$6.5K
+46.3%
Context
  • 9 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (9 sales), the last on Oct 14, 2025.
  • The trade is 0.0% of the 14,971,198 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 58 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Insider Palmedo Peter F. sold about $6.5K of VGZ on Oct 16, 2025; 1 other insider sold within 30 days and 58 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
56 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
58 funds bought in last quarter
below 66% of Mining & Metals
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
5.5% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 2.5 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 72% of Mining & Metals
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+45.5%12M
-14%+14%+43%+71%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2025-11-12 · SUN VALLEY GOLD LLC sold $2.2M2025-12-19 · Palmedo Peter F. sold $1.5M2025-12-23 · Palmedo Peter F. sold $880.0K2025-12-22 · Palmedo Peter F. sold $352.5K
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Who owns VGZ: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
Kopernik Global Investors, LLC
14,049,338 sh
$26.8M
BlackRock, Inc.
8,044,397 sh
$15.4M
Nilsine Partners, LLC
2,457,008 sh
$4.7M
Cetera Investment Advisers
2,208,434 sh
$4.2M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
1,917,640 sh
$3.7M

Congress trades in VGZ

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

VGZ planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

VGZ mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund
$7.6M position · as of 2026-07-31
0.2%
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
$927.0K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.1%
TIFF MULTI-ASSET FUND
$419.6K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio
$62.2K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF
$2.6M position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
PD Small-Cap Growth Index Portfolio
$25.2K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Frederick H. Earnest
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$624.2K
$2.0M
$341.3K
+294%
n/a
2024
$582.0K
$793.4K
$326.8K
+12%
n/a
2023
$566.2K
$585.1K
$343.6K
-10%
n/a
2022
$506.0K
$486.6K
$334.2K
-30%
n/a
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows 58 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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VGZ financials

Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$0
four quarters, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Net margin, TTM
n/a
revenue under $1M, the ratio says nothing
Free cash flow, TTM
-$7.8M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on equity
-26.4%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
-25.3%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
tax provision or pre-tax income not filed for the four quarters
Return on capital employed
-33.0%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Enterprise value
n/a
no debt line filed
FCF yield
-2.1%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$0$0$0$0
Operating income-$9.3M$10.5M-$6.8Mn/a
Net income-$7.5M$11.2M-$6.6M-$4.9M
EPS (diluted)-0.060.09-0.05-0.04
Operating cash flow-$6.6M-$5.7M-$5.9M-$7.4M
Cash$13.6M$16.9M$6.1M$8.1M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-27

VGZ Stock Sonar score 3/7 axes

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VGZ ranks highest on profitability (34th percentile) and institutional and government (34th), and lowest on risk and compliance (29th), among Mining & Metals peers.

Profitability
34
Inputs
  • Return on equity-26.4% · 32 pct, sector of 89
  • Return on assets-25.3% · 40 pct, sector of 114
  • Return on invested capitaltax provision or pre-tax income not filed for the four quarters
  • Return on capital employed-33.0% · 29 pct, sector of 69
Institutional and government
34
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter58 · 34 pct, sector of 152
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
29
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+5.5% · 29 pct, sector of 252
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
4 not measured: Financial health, Growth, Insider conviction, US patents
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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