Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LAC or CXB?

26.5% of Lithium Americas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Calibre Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Calibre Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LAC or CXB?

Calibre Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calibre Mining, 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
Lithium Americas	C$39.65K	14,273.30	-C$20.27M	-C$0.19	-19.46
Calibre Mining	C$404.24M	4.78	C$22.75M	C$0.05	60.03

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas received 204 more outperform votes than Calibre Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lithium Americas	Outperform Votes 234 62.23%	Underperform Votes 142 37.77%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 30 58.82%	Underperform Votes 21 41.18%

Do analysts recommend LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas currently has a consensus price target of C$7.50, indicating a potential upside of 101.61%. Calibre Mining has a consensus price target of C$3.56, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Calibre Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Americas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Is LAC or CXB more profitable?

Calibre Mining has a net margin of 5.63% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of -51,108.92%. Calibre Mining's return on equity of 3.75% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Americas	-51,108.92%	-5.10%	-3.41%
Calibre Mining	5.63%	3.75%	6.25%

Which has more volatility and risk, LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LAC or CXB?

In the previous week, Calibre Mining had 11 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Calibre Mining and 0 mentions for Lithium Americas. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Lithium Americas' score of 0.00 indicating that Calibre Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas	Neutral
Calibre Mining	Neutral

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Lithium Americas on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.