Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) and Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, HBM or LAC?

Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HBM or LAC?

Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, 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
Hudbay Minerals	C$2.03B	2.33	C$81.62M	C$0.37	32.46
Lithium Americas	C$3.15M	362.64	-C$25.39M	-C$0.16	-32.75

Do analysts rate HBM or LAC?

Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus price target of C$15.54, indicating a potential upside of 29.36%. Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of C$7.38, indicating a potential upside of 40.74%. Given Lithium Americas' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudbay Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Lithium Americas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media favor HBM or LAC?

In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 6 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 6 mentions for Lithium Americas. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Lithium Americas' score of -0.19 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hudbay Minerals	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lithium Americas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HBM or LAC?

Hudbay Minerals received 649 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 62.47% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudbay Minerals	Outperform Votes 882 62.60%	Underperform Votes 527 37.40%
Lithium Americas	Outperform Votes 233 62.47%	Underperform Votes 140 37.53%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HBM or LAC?

74.5% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HBM or LAC more profitable?

Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 4.01% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of 0.00%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 3.29% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudbay Minerals	4.01%	3.29%	4.78%
Lithium Americas	N/A	-5.33%	-3.41%

Summary

Hudbay Minerals beats Lithium Americas on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.