Vizsla Silver (TSE:VZLA) Shares Down 11.2% – Should You Sell?

Vizsla Silver Corp (TSE:VZLA) shares fell 11.2% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as C$5.29 and last traded at C$5.57. 3,889,789 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 105% from the average session volume of 1,901,113 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$6.27.

Key Headlines Impacting Vizsla Silver

Here are the key news stories impacting Vizsla Silver this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: National Bankshares downgraded Vizsla from “outperform” to “sector perform” and cut its price target to C$6.40 from C$10.50 (C$6.40 still implies ~22% upside from the current price). Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Report: kidnappers killed mine workers at Vizsla’s Pánuco operation — a major humanitarian and operational shock that is weighing on the stock as investors assess safety, security costs and production disruptions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Follow-up reporting: Vizsla confirmed some workers were found dead after an alleged abduction — intensifying political, legal and operational uncertainty for the company. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Company update and market reaction: Vizsla issued updates on abducted employees; coverage notes the stock fell sharply (reports cite ~14% decline on heavy volume). This shows immediate investor risk aversion to headline risk and operational interruption. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts flagged site-feasibility updates as a reason to lower outlooks — at least one analyst trimmed targets after those updates, adding technical/valuation pressure beyond the security incident. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary pieces reassessing Vizsla’s valuation post-incident and amid recent share-price pressure are reinforcing investor caution and could delay capital/partnering decisions. Read More.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on VZLA. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised their price target on Vizsla Silver from C$9.75 to C$11.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. National Bank Financial downgraded shares of Vizsla Silver from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from C$10.50 to C$6.40 in a research note on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$8.70.

Vizsla Silver Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of C$1.80 billion, a P/E ratio of -87.33 and a beta of 1.74. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$7.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$6.27.

Vizsla Silver (TSE:VZLA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 11th. The company reported C($0.02) EPS for the quarter.

About Vizsla Silver

Vizsla Silver Corp is a junior mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing its Panuco silver-gold project located in Sinaloa, Mexico. The property contains quartz-carbonate veins with workings defining both steeply plunging and sub-horizontal ore shoots. Mineralization occurs as silver sulphides including argentite and acanthite, native gold, electrum and native silver associated with pyrite, minor galena, sphalerite and rare chalcopyrite.