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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALB Albemarle	$78.04 -3.1%	$70.27	$49.43 ▼ $113.91	$9.18B	1.63	3.56 million shs	3.08 million shs
LAC Lithium Americas	$2.74 -2.7%	$2.80	$2.11 ▼ $5.20	$598.69M	0.68	5.63 million shs	5.73 million shs
PLL Piedmont Lithium	$8.81 -4.2%	$7.34	$5.15 ▼ $15.44	$193.30M	0.26	334,146 shs	199,499 shs
TMC TMC the metals	$4.66 -1.4%	$6.33	$0.72 ▼ $8.63	$1.69B	1.59	8.41 million shs	6.26 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALB Albemarle	-3.35%	+3.17%	+4.36%	+42.43%	-2.80%
LAC Lithium Americas	-4.25%	-0.88%	-13.91%	+2.55%	+7.24%
PLL Piedmont Lithium	-0.97%	-1.18%	+17.07%	+47.51%	+8.24%
TMC TMC the metals	-1.46%	-11.11%	-38.22%	+7.52%	+349.52%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ALB Albemarle	3.7391 of 5 stars	2.9	2.0	2.5	0.6	3.4	1.7	0.6
LAC Lithium Americas	1.248 of 5 stars	3.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.6
PLL Piedmont Lithium	1.6743 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.8	1.3
TMC TMC the metals	2.49 of 5 stars	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.5	0.6

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ALB Albemarle	1.88	Reduce	$89.17	14.25% Upside
LAC Lithium Americas	2.25	Hold	$4.15	51.74% Upside
PLL Piedmont Lithium	2.20	Hold	$10.94	24.18% Upside
TMC TMC the metals	3.00	Buy	$7.33	57.54% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LAC, PLL, ALB, and TMC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/18/2025	ALB Albemarle	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$60.00 ➝ $80.00
8/18/2025	TMC TMC the metals	HC Wainwright Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$7.25
8/6/2025	TMC TMC the metals	HC Wainwright Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$5.50 ➝ $7.25
8/4/2025	ALB Albemarle	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$74.00
8/1/2025	ALB Albemarle	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$65.00 ➝ $70.00
8/1/2025	ALB Albemarle	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$75.00 ➝ $70.00
7/31/2025	ALB Albemarle	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$57.00 ➝ $62.00
7/30/2025	ALB Albemarle	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Sector Weight
7/29/2025	ALB Albemarle	Baird R W Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
7/29/2025	ALB Albemarle	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Underperform	$60.00
7/15/2025	ALB Albemarle	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$76.00

(Data available from 8/20/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ALB Albemarle	$4.99B	1.84	$3.60 per share	21.70	$70.22 per share	1.11
LAC Lithium Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.82 per share	N/A
PLL Piedmont Lithium	$105.10M	1.84	N/A	N/A	$12.65 per share	0.70
TMC TMC the metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.23 per share	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ALB Albemarle	-$1.18B	-$9.32	N/A	40.86	N/A	-18.61%	-1.87%	-0.89%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
LAC Lithium Americas	-$42.53M	-$0.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-7.66%	-4.74%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
PLL Piedmont Lithium	-$64.76M	-$2.56	N/A	N/A	N/A	-50.60%	-18.57%	-16.06%	N/A
TMC TMC the metals	-$81.94M	-$0.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1,240.46%	-90.71%	N/A

Latest LAC, PLL, ALB, and TMC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/14/2025	Q2 2025	LAC Lithium Americas	-$0.04	-$0.06	-$0.02	-$0.06	N/A	N/A
8/14/2025	Q2 2025	TMC TMC the metals	-$0.06	-$0.07	-$0.01	-$0.20	N/A	N/A
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	PLL Piedmont Lithium	-$0.36	-$0.44	-$0.08	-$0.44	$16.03 million	$11.86 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	ALB Albemarle	-$0.83	$0.11	+$0.94	-$0.16	$1.23 billion	$1.33 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ALB Albemarle	$1.62	2.08%	N/A	N/A	30 Years
LAC Lithium Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PLL Piedmont Lithium	$1.22	13.85%	N/A	N/A	N/A
TMC TMC the metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest LAC, PLL, ALB, and TMC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2025	ALB Albemarle	quarterly	$0.4050	1.94%	9/12/2025	9/12/2025	10/1/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ALB Albemarle	0.38	2.31	1.47
LAC Lithium Americas	0.33	9.88	10.35
PLL Piedmont Lithium	0.01	1.81	1.81
TMC TMC the metals	N/A	2.37	0.13

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ALB Albemarle	92.87%
LAC Lithium Americas	N/A
PLL Piedmont Lithium	52.23%
TMC TMC the metals	4.39%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ALB Albemarle	0.33%
LAC Lithium Americas	1.11%
PLL Piedmont Lithium	1.81%
TMC TMC the metals	27.60%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ALB Albemarle	8,300	117.68 million	117.30 million	Optionable
LAC Lithium Americas	749	218.90 million	216.48 million	Not Optionable
PLL Piedmont Lithium	40	21.95 million	21.55 million	Optionable
TMC TMC the metals	30	362.19 million	262.22 million	Optionable

LAC, PLL, ALB, and TMC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

TMC the metals' (TMC) "Buy" Rating Reaffirmed at HC Wainwright

August 20 at 8:24 AM | marketbeat.com

FY2028 EPS Estimates for TMC the metals Decreased by Wedbush

August 20 at 5:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Wedbush Issues Negative Outlook for TMC the metals Earnings

August 20 at 3:31 AM | americanbankingnews.com

TMC the metals company (TMC) Asserts Financial Strength Amid Wider Q2 Net Loss

August 19 at 12:50 AM | insidermonkey.com

TMC the metals' (TMC) "Buy" Rating Reiterated at HC Wainwright

August 19 at 2:59 AM | americanbankingnews.com

TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.01 EPS

August 17 at 6:31 PM | marketbeat.com

TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) Shares Gap Down on Disappointing Earnings

August 17 at 12:29 PM | marketbeat.com

TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) Shares Gap Down After Earnings Miss

August 17 at 2:17 AM | americanbankingnews.com

TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

August 16, 2025 | msn.com

Is The Metals Company a Millionaire Maker?

August 16, 2025 | fool.com

TMC the metals (TMC) Reports Higher Net Loss For Q2 2025

August 15, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

TMC the metals company Inc. (TMC) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

August 14, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

The Metals Company options imply 9.5% move in share price post-earnings

August 14, 2025 | msn.com

TMC the metals company drops as Q2 earnings miss expectations

August 14, 2025 | investing.com

The Metals Company Announces Second Quarter 2025 Corporate Update

August 14, 2025 | globenewswire.com

The Metals Company Q2 2025 Earnings Preview

August 14, 2025 | msn.com

TMC the metals (TMC) to Release Earnings on Thursday

August 13, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) Trading Down 5.3% - Here's Why

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

XTX Topco Ltd Has $292,000 Stock Holdings in TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC)

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Why TMC The Metals Company Stock Sank 10% Last Month and Has Kept Falling in August

August 11, 2025 | fool.com

Can $10,000 in The Metals Company Stock Turn Into $50,000 by 2030?

August 10, 2025 | fool.com

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LAC, PLL, ALB, and TMC Company Descriptions

Albemarle NYSE:ALB

$78.04 -2.51 (-3.11%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$78.40 +0.36 (+0.46%)

As of 04:14 PM Eastern

Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Specialties segment provides bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; develops and manufactures cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies (CFT), which is composed of hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions (PCS), which is composed of organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Lithium Americas NYSE:LAC

$2.74 -0.08 (-2.67%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$2.72 -0.01 (-0.55%)

As of 04:15 PM Eastern

Lithium Americas Corp. engages in the exploration and development of lithium properties in the United States and Canada. It holds a 100% interest in the Thacker Pass project located in northern Nevada, as well as investments in exploration properties in the United States and Canada. Lithium Americas Corp. was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Piedmont Lithium NASDAQ:PLL

$8.81 -0.38 (-4.16%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$8.82 +0.01 (+0.14%)

As of 04:10 PM Eastern

Piedmont Lithium Inc., a development stage company, engages in the exploration and development of resource projects in the United States. The company primarily holds a 100% interest in the Carolina Lithium Project that include an area of approximately 3,706 acres located within the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt situated to the northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. It also owns a real property of approximately 5 acres in Bessemer City, North Carolina; and 61-acre property in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Belmont, North Carolina.

TMC the metals NASDAQ:TMC

$4.66 -0.07 (-1.38%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$4.64 -0.02 (-0.32%)

As of 04:14 PM Eastern

TMC the metals company Inc., a deep-sea minerals exploration company, focuses on the collection, processing, and refining of polymetallic nodules found on the seafloor in California. It primarily explores for nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese products. The company holds exploration and commercial rights in three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. Its products are used in electric vehicles (EV), renewable energy storage markets, EV wiring, energy transmission, manganese alloy production required for steel production, and other applications. The company was formerly known as Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corporation and changed its name to TMC the metals company Inc. TMC the metals company Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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