Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, LAC or CXB?

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

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	15,846.43	-C$20.27M	-C$0.19	-21.60
Calibre Mining	C$404.24M	4.89	C$22.75M	C$0.05	61.34

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%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LAC or CXB?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 61.22% 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 61.22%	Underperform Votes 19 38.78%

Do analysts rate LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas currently has a consensus target price of C$7.50, indicating a potential upside of 81.60%. Calibre Mining has a consensus target price of C$3.46, indicating a potential upside of 5.49%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, equities research 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media prefer LAC or CXB?

In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 3 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lithium Americas and 0 mentions for Calibre Mining. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Calibre Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas	Neutral
Calibre Mining	Neutral

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Lithium Americas on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.