Lithium Argentina (LAR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ERO or LAR?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ERO or LAR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ero Copper	$470.26M	2.40	$92.80M	-$0.67	-16.24
Lithium Argentina	N/A	N/A	$1.29B	-$0.09	-23.61

Do analysts recommend ERO or LAR?

Ero Copper currently has a consensus target price of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 142.03%. Lithium Argentina has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 64.71%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Lithium Argentina.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
Lithium Argentina	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, ERO or LAR?

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ERO or LAR?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Lithium Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ero Copper and 6 mentions for Lithium Argentina. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Lithium Argentina's score of -0.13 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ero Copper	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lithium Argentina	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ERO or LAR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ero Copper	3.67%	11.30%	5.62%
Lithium Argentina	N/A	-1.37%	-1.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ERO or LAR?

Ero Copper received 13 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Lithium Argentina an outperform vote while only 34.15% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 14 34.15%	Underperform Votes 27 65.85%
Lithium Argentina	Outperform Votes 1 50.00%	Underperform Votes 1 50.00%

Summary

Ero Copper beats Lithium Argentina on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.