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Piedmont Lithium (PLL) Competitors

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$8.74 -0.21 (-2.35%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

PLL vs. GHM, FSTR, NNBR, EML, BOOM, HURC, AP, TBLT, OFLX, and PH

Should you be buying Piedmont Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Lithium include Graham (GHM), L.B. Foster (FSTR), NN (NNBR), Eastern (EML), DMC Global (BOOM), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Omega Flex (OFLX), and Parker-Hannifin (PH). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Piedmont Lithium vs.

Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Piedmont Lithium pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Piedmont Lithium pays out -29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Piedmont Lithium is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Graham has a net margin of 3.95% compared to Piedmont Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Graham's return on equity of 7.91% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Piedmont LithiumN/A -21.33% -18.92%
Graham 3.95%7.91%3.59%

52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Lithium. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Piedmont Lithium$46.98M3.62-$21.78M-$4.09-2.14
Graham$196.40M2.26$4.56M$0.7157.41

In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than Piedmont Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Graham and 0 mentions for Piedmont Lithium. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Graham's score of 0.39 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Lithium Very Positive
Graham Neutral

Graham received 53 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 52.61% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Piedmont LithiumOutperform Votes
212
52.61%
Underperform Votes
191
47.39%
GrahamOutperform Votes
265
64.01%
Underperform Votes
149
35.99%

Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $21.21, suggesting a potential upside of 142.73%. Graham has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.13%. Given Piedmont Lithium's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Graham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Piedmont Lithium
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Graham beats Piedmont Lithium on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLL vs. The Competition

MetricPiedmont LithiumMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$169.89M$6.00B$2.72B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A0.94%5.22%4.18%
P/E Ratio-2.1427.38111.9017.18
Price / Sales3.6220.75812,984.85115.69
Price / CashN/A17.3523.6237.88
Price / Book0.513.913.334.78
Net Income-$21.78M$260.20M$150.55M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-17.31%-5.69%-2.80%-1.26%
1 Month Performance-16.52%-6.60%3.81%4.37%
1 Year Performance-69.86%-3.74%17.47%18.73%

Piedmont Lithium Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLL
Piedmont Lithium
3.7485 of 5 stars
$8.74
-2.3%
$21.21
+142.7%
-69.9%$169.89M$46.98M-2.1440Positive News
GHM
Graham
4.2958 of 5 stars
$45.65
+3.2%
$35.00
-23.3%
+121.5%$497.13M$196.40M62.28490
FSTR
L.B. Foster
4.1413 of 5 stars
$29.01
+1.4%
$25.00
-13.8%
+30.9%$314.18M$537.46M7.351,065
NNBR
NN
2.9863 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.5%
$6.00
+53.8%
+16.8%$194.79M$470.31M-3.603,160News Coverage
Positive News
EML
Eastern
1.9347 of 5 stars
$28.99
flat
N/A+31.6%$179.25M$284.46M-28.151,199Analyst Downgrade
BOOM
DMC Global
2.7469 of 5 stars
$7.17
-3.1%
$16.00
+123.2%
-63.4%$143.59M$664.51M-0.941,800
HURC
Hurco Companies
1.3302 of 5 stars
$18.95
-2.5%
N/A-11.8%$122.23M$198.99M-9.87740News Coverage
Positive News
AP
Ampco-Pittsburgh
0.3509 of 5 stars
$2.01
+0.5%
N/A-26.7%$40.38M$422.34M-0.881,697Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TBLT
ToughBuilt Industries
N/A$2.80
flat
N/A-73.5%$1.76M$94.90M-0.01180Gap Down
OFLX
Omega Flex
1.024 of 5 stars
$45.89
+1.3%
N/A-46.6%$0.00$111.46M25.53170
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.7506 of 5 stars
$673.06
+0.2%
$709.65
+5.4%
+44.0%$86.64B$19.99B30.3861,120Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PLL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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