Li-Cycle (LICY) Competitors

Li-Cycle (NYSE:LICY) and PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, LICY or PSQH?

Li-Cycle has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PSQ has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LICY or PSQH?

PSQ has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Li-Cycle. PSQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li-Cycle, 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
Li-Cycle	$27.40M	1.48	-$138M	-$1.25	-1.40
PSQ	$18.74M	8.61	-$53.33M	-$1.26	-3.68

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LICY or PSQH?

Li-Cycle received 16 more outperform votes than PSQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave PSQ an outperform vote while only 35.09% of users gave Li-Cycle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Li-Cycle	Outperform Votes 20 35.09%	Underperform Votes 37 64.91%
PSQ	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LICY or PSQH?

54.1% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of PSQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of PSQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LICY or PSQH?

Li-Cycle currently has a consensus price target of $4.13, suggesting a potential upside of 135.71%. PSQ has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential downside of 24.57%. Given Li-Cycle's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Li-Cycle is more favorable than PSQ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Li-Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
PSQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LICY or PSQH more profitable?

Li-Cycle has a net margin of -77.74% compared to PSQ's net margin of -227.52%. Li-Cycle's return on equity of -41.90% beat PSQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Li-Cycle	-77.74%	-41.90%	-13.43%
PSQ	-227.52%	-404.92%	-112.55%

Does the media prefer LICY or PSQH?

In the previous week, Li-Cycle and Li-Cycle both had 1 articles in the media. PSQ's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Li-Cycle's score of -1.00 indicating that PSQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Li-Cycle	Negative
PSQ	Positive

Summary

Li-Cycle beats PSQ on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.