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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC) Competitors

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$3.20 +0.06 (+1.91%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LAAC vs. ERO, SGML, UUUU, LEU, MTAL, LAC, EU, CRML, TMC, and WRN

Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Centrus Energy (LEU), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), enCore Energy (EU), Critical Metals (CRML), TMC the metals (TMC), and Western Copper & Gold (WRN). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ero Copper. Lithium Americas (Argentina) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/AN/A$1.29B$7.790.41
Ero Copper$464.13M3.55$92.80M$0.1793.71

Lithium Americas (Argentina) presently has a consensus target price of $7.05, suggesting a potential upside of 120.31%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.32%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Ero Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Ero Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 7 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ero Copper and 0 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s score of -0.45 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas (Argentina) Neutral
Ero Copper Neutral

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) and Ero Copper both received 10 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 52.63% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lithium Americas (Argentina)Outperform Votes
10
52.63%
Underperform Votes
9
47.37%
Ero CopperOutperform Votes
10
27.78%
Underperform Votes
26
72.22%

Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.67% compared to Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 10.54% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/A -1.37% -1.08%
Ero Copper 3.67%10.54%5.56%

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ero Copper beats Lithium Americas (Argentina) on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAAC vs. The Competition

MetricLithium Americas (Argentina)Metal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$518.18M$7.47B$2.81B$19.85B
Dividend YieldN/A4.11%5.28%3.52%
P/E Ratio0.418.52119.6842.73
Price / SalesN/A60.69590,601.4419.27
Price / Cash16.759.5523.2017.86
Price / Book0.623.063.375.52
Net Income$1.29B$574.17M$149.36M$986.45M
7 Day Performance2.89%2.11%0.60%0.45%
1 Month Performance-7.51%-4.80%1.38%1.05%
1 Year Performance-45.02%33.61%26.99%24.67%

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.3685 of 5 stars
$3.20
+1.9%
$7.05
+120.3%
-45.8%$508.46MN/A0.4160
ERO
Ero Copper
3.6053 of 5 stars
$15.93
-1.1%
$30.00
+88.3%
+29.2%$1.66B$427.48M93.713,374
SGML
Sigma Lithium
3.078 of 5 stars
$14.46
+4.2%
$24.50
+69.4%
-50.6%$1.54B$134.24M-30.12250Analyst Revision
UUUU
Energy Fuels
1.4894 of 5 stars
$6.94
-4.1%
$8.50
+22.6%
N/A$1.40B$37.93M0.00179Options Volume
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.4268 of 5 stars
$75.14
+9.7%
$92.00
+22.4%
+47.0%$1.12B$320.20M15.69280Analyst Revision
Gap Up
MTAL
Metals Acquisition
3.6366 of 5 stars
$11.65
-1.4%
$15.00
+28.8%
+15.6%$874.80M$159M0.002,021Positive News
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.6964 of 5 stars
$3.66
-2.4%
$5.63
+53.9%
-49.8%$825.36MN/A0.00749
EU
enCore Energy
2.5173 of 5 stars
$3.83
-2.5%
$6.50
+69.7%
N/A$731.12MN/A-13.68N/AAnalyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$5.73
-5.1%
N/AN/A$489.20MN/A0.004
TMC
TMC the metals
1.4949 of 5 stars
$0.90
-1.1%
$4.00
+343.6%
-14.1%$296.13MN/A-2.9130
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
2.5047 of 5 stars
$1.12
-2.6%
$4.25
+279.5%
N/A$227.97MN/A0.0013Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:LAAC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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