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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC) Competitors

$4.54
+0.07 (+1.57%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

LAAC vs. MP, SGML, NGD, GSM, CRML, LAC, MTAL, TMC, DC, and AMLI

Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include MP Materials (MP), Sigma Lithium (SGML), New Gold (NGD), Ferroglobe (GSM), Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (LAC), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), TMC the metals (TMC), Dakota Gold (DC), and American Lithium (AMLI). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and MP Materials (NYSE:MP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, MP Materials had 8 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MP Materials and 4 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat MP Materials' score of 0.14 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MP Materials
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

MP Materials has a net margin of 1.62% compared to Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s net margin of 0.00%. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity of 3.09% beat MP Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/A 3.09% 2.51%
MP Materials 1.62%-0.61%-0.34%

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas (Argentina), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/AN/A$1.29B$7.990.57
MP Materials$253.45M10.58$24.31M-$0.15-108.13

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MP Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

MP Materials received 46 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas (Argentina) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lithium Americas (Argentina)Outperform Votes
7
50.00%
Underperform Votes
7
50.00%
MP MaterialsOutperform Votes
53
67.95%
Underperform Votes
25
32.05%

Lithium Americas (Argentina) currently has a consensus price target of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 107.05%. MP Materials has a consensus price target of $23.64, indicating a potential upside of 45.76%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than MP Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
MP Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats MP Materials on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAAC vs. The Competition

MetricLithium Americas (Argentina)Metal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$731.89M$8.21B$2.91B$17.81B
Dividend YieldN/A3.18%5.19%3.55%
P/E Ratio0.5712.48141.1422.67
Price / SalesN/A70.30843,835.9411.15
Price / Cash24.4722.8523.7318.95
Price / Book0.894.504.085.90
Net Income$1.29B$667.95M$168.18M$976.46M
7 Day Performance-3.81%-0.75%0.19%0.62%
1 Month Performance-10.45%8.92%4.39%4.79%
1 Year PerformanceN/A9.18%17.91%24.00%

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
2.9211 of 5 stars
$17.01
-0.8%
$23.64
+39.0%
-21.7%$2.81B$253.45M-113.39681Insider Selling
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.8363 of 5 stars
$17.20
+6.0%
$29.50
+71.5%
-59.4%$1.90B$134.24M-132.31165Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
NGD
New Gold
0.4896 of 5 stars
$2.10
+6.3%
$1.69
-19.3%
+79.1%$1.66B$786.50M-20.951,578Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.9237 of 5 stars
$6.03
+1.0%
N/A+37.1%$1.13B$1.65B17.743,403Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CRML
Critical Metals
0 of 5 stars
$10.49
+5.5%
N/AN/A$856.40MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.8329 of 5 stars
$3.80
-2.8%
$11.46
+201.5%
-83.2%$825.21MN/A0.00749Gap Down
MTAL
Metals Acquisition
0.3506 of 5 stars
$15.09
+9.7%
$13.58
-10.0%
+46.3%$758.12M$159M0.002,021Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
TMC
TMC the metals
2.1553 of 5 stars
$1.52
-1.8%
$4.10
+169.5%
+113.0%$487.62MN/A-5.4346
DC
Dakota Gold
0 of 5 stars
$3.21
+4.2%
N/A-10.9%$281.55MN/A-7.3041
AMLI
American Lithium
0.4385 of 5 stars
$0.72
+1.7%
N/A-62.7%$155.77MN/A-4.48N/AUpcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up

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