FEAM vs. PLL, ATLX, LGO, SND, ABAT, MLM, VMC, TECK, SQM, and SUM
Should you be buying 5E Advanced Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 5E Advanced Materials include Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Largo (LGO), Smart Sand (SND), American Battery Technology (ABAT), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), and Summit Materials (SUM). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and 5E Advanced Materials (NASDAQ:FEAM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 1 more articles in the media than 5E Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 4 mentions for 5E Advanced Materials. 5E Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of 0.73 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.
5E Advanced Materials' return on equity of -8.89% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
Piedmont Lithium received 203 more outperform votes than 5E Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.35% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave 5E Advanced Materials an outperform vote.
Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 5E Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of 5E Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Piedmont Lithium has higher revenue and earnings than 5E Advanced Materials. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 5E Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Piedmont Lithium presently has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 413.02%. 5E Advanced Materials has a consensus target price of $4.88, indicating a potential upside of 238.54%. Given 5E Advanced Materials' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than 5E Advanced Materials.
Summary
Piedmont Lithium beats 5E Advanced Materials on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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