IPI vs. PLL, ATLX, CMP, LEU, UUUU, FSTR, RYAM, PPTA, VZLA, and DC
Should you be buying Intrepid Potash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intrepid Potash include Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), and Dakota Gold (DC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Intrepid Potash received 96 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.35% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Piedmont Lithium's net margin of -15.95%. Piedmont Lithium's return on equity of -1.37% beat Intrepid Potash's return on equity.
Piedmont Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intrepid Potash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 6 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 3 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.12 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 312.82%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.56%. Given Intrepid Potash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
Summary
Piedmont Lithium and Intrepid Potash tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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