LAAC vs. LEU, ERO, SGML, MTAL, NEXA, TMC, LAC, EU, LZM, and LAR
Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include Centrus Energy (LEU), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Nexa Resources (NEXA), TMC the metals (TMC), Lithium Americas (LAC), enCore Energy (EU), Lifezone Metals (LZM), and Lithium Argentina (LAR). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Centrus Energy has a net margin of 16.56% compared to Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s net margin of 0.00%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 84.09% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) presently has a consensus price target of $7.19, suggesting a potential upside of 226.70%. Centrus Energy has a consensus price target of $161.33, suggesting a potential upside of 77.82%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Centrus Energy.
In the previous week, Centrus Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Centrus Energy and 0 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). Centrus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) received 3 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote while only 30.43% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned 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.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Centrus Energy. Lithium Americas (Argentina) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Centrus Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAAC) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
