LAAC vs. TMC, ERO, AESI, IPX, MTAL, SGML, NEXA, CRML, ASM, and LAC
Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include TMC the metals (TMC), Ero Copper (ERO), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), IperionX (IPX), MAC Copper (MTAL), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Critical Metals (CRML), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs. Its Competitors
Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, TMC the metals had 10 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TMC the metals and 1 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). TMC the metals' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s score of 0.00 indicating that TMC the metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.4% of TMC the metals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of TMC the metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TMC the metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas (Argentina), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TMC the metals has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TMC the metals has a consensus price target of $7.33, indicating a potential upside of 34.70%. Given TMC the metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TMC the metals is more favorable than Lithium Americas (Argentina).
Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity of -1.37% beat TMC the metals' return on equity.
Summary
TMC the metals beats Lithium Americas (Argentina) on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LAAC) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
