PLL vs. IPI, ATLX, CMP, LEU, UUUU, RYAM, FSTR, NL, DC, and PPTA
Should you be buying Piedmont Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Lithium include Intrepid Potash (IPI), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), L.B. Foster (FSTR), NL Industries (NL), Dakota Gold (DC), and Perpetua Resources (PPTA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Intrepid Potash presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.56%. Piedmont Lithium has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 312.82%. Given Intrepid Potash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
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.
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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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 media.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Intrepid Potash and Piedmont Lithium tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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