LAC vs. CXB, ERO, NEXA, RUP, SUM, IE, MMX, ASM, GGD, and GSV
Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include Calibre Mining (CXB), Ero Copper (ERO), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Maverix Metals (MMX), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), GoGold Resources (GGD), and Gold Standard Ventures (GSV). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas vs. Its Competitors
Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
Lithium Americas presently has a consensus price target of C$7.50, indicating a potential upside of 110.08%. Calibre Mining has a consensus price target of C$3.63, indicating a potential upside of 21.52%. Given Lithium Americas' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Calibre Mining.
Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 1 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lithium Americas and 0 mentions for Calibre Mining. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Calibre Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
26.5% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Calibre Mining beats Lithium Americas on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:LAC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
