LAR vs. ERO, LEU, SGML, UUUU, NEXA, MTAL, LAC, TMC, EU, and LZM
Should you be buying Lithium Argentina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Argentina include Ero Copper (ERO), Centrus Energy (LEU), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), TMC the metals (TMC), enCore Energy (EU), and Lifezone Metals (LZM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Argentina vs.
Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) and Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.67% compared to Lithium Argentina's net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 11.30% beat Lithium Argentina's return on equity.
71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 14 more articles in the media than Lithium Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ero Copper and 0 mentions for Lithium Argentina. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Lithium Argentina's score of 0.00 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ero Copper received 11 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users.
Ero Copper currently has a consensus target price of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 89.64%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Lithium Argentina.
Lithium Argentina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ero Copper. Lithium 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.
Ero Copper has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Lithium Argentina on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAR) was last updated on 2/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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