Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC) Competitors

Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, LAAC or CRML?

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LAAC or CRML?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	N/A	$1.29B	$7.99	0.63
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	-$100K	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAAC or CRML?

Lithium Americas (Argentina) received 6 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	Outperform Votes 6 46.15%	Underperform Votes 7 53.85%
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LAAC or CRML?

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate LAAC or CRML?

Lithium Americas (Argentina) currently has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 111.88%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Critical Metals.

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
Critical Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is LAAC or CRML more profitable?

Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity of 3.09% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	3.09%	2.51%
Critical Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to LAAC or CRML?

In the previous week, Lithium Americas (Argentina) had 14 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina) and 3 mentions for Critical Metals. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of -0.07 beat Critical Metals' score of -0.35 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)	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Critical Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Critical Metals on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.