LAAC vs. ERO, LEU, TMC, SGML, NEXA, MTAL, LAC, LAR, ASM, and DC
Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include Ero Copper (ERO), Centrus Energy (LEU), TMC the metals (TMC), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Argentina (LAR), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and Dakota Gold (DC). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 11.30% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 24 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.74 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ero Copper received 5 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas (Argentina) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) presently has a consensus price target of $7.42, indicating a potential upside of 272.70%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 110.99%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ero Copper. Ero Copper 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.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Lithium Americas (Argentina) on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAAC) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff