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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAR) Competitors

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$3.22 +0.01 (+0.31%)
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LAR vs. IONR, TMCWW, BHP, VALE, CCJ, TECK, SQM, MP, NGD, and HBM

Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include ioneer (IONR), TMC the metals (TMCWW), BHP Group (BHP), Vale (VALE), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), and HudBay Minerals (HBM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs. Its Competitors

ioneer (NASDAQ:IONR) and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by company 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 a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.79%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than ioneer.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ioneer
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, ioneer and ioneer both had 2 articles in the media. ioneer's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s score of 0.58 indicating that ioneer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ioneer Positive
Lithium Americas (Argentina) Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ioneerN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/AN/A-$15.23M-$0.11-28.91

ioneer's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ioneerN/A N/A N/A
Lithium Americas (Argentina) N/A -2.08%-1.64%

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats ioneer on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAR vs. The Competition

MetricLithium Americas (Argentina)MINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$516.11M$6.63B$3.61B$21.42B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%5.05%3.49%
P/E Ratio-28.9118.86157.9529.77
Price / SalesN/A626.0716,933.3968.90
Price / CashN/A28.7624.1818.13
Price / Book0.586.976.594.61
Net Income-$15.23M$279.19M$149.17M$998.80M
7 Day Performance3.58%4.67%2.04%0.99%
1 Month Performance-4.50%11.08%10.36%4.36%
1 Year PerformanceN/A57.37%45.04%14.33%

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAR
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.0398 of 5 stars
$3.22
+0.3%
$4.00
+24.2%
N/A$522.61MN/A-29.27850
IONR
ioneer
N/A$3.92
+17.0%
N/A-21.7%$0.00N/A0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TMCWW
TMC the metals
N/A$0.83
-2.1%
N/A+926.3%$0.00N/A0.0030Gap Down
BHP
BHP Group
2.0407 of 5 stars
$54.42
-2.0%
$48.50
-10.9%
+3.5%$137.92B$51.26B12.3790,000
VALE
Vale
3.8059 of 5 stars
$10.41
+1.5%
$11.71
+12.5%
+3.0%$47.21B$36.60B8.4764,610
CCJ
Cameco
4.2563 of 5 stars
$75.85
-0.6%
$83.32
+9.8%
+113.9%$33.22B$2.29B87.182,884News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8534 of 5 stars
$34.31
+4.7%
$57.88
+68.7%
-9.5%$15.74B$6.48B90.297,200
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.9916 of 5 stars
$45.91
+3.7%
$45.08
-1.8%
+13.5%$12.64B$4.53B27.498,344Positive News
MP
MP Materials
2.1111 of 5 stars
$62.95
-1.9%
$66.88
+6.2%
+378.2%$11.37B$203.85M-99.92490Positive News
NGD
New Gold
2.5835 of 5 stars
$6.30
+2.6%
$4.38
-30.4%
+117.4%$4.99B$1.03B48.471,570Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.5019 of 5 stars
$12.73
+2.6%
N/A+89.1%$4.91B$2.20B17.432,803Positive News

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