LAC vs. PVG, BCB, ERO, CXB, NEXA, IE, SUM, MMX, RUP, and GSV
Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include Pretium Resources (PVG), Cott (BCB), Ero Copper (ERO), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Solium Capital (SUM), Maverix Metals (MMX), Rupert Resources (RUP), and Gold Standard Ventures (GSV). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas vs.
Pretium Resources (TSE:PVG) and Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 8 more articles in the media than Pretium Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lithium Americas and 0 mentions for Pretium Resources. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Pretium Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
26.5% of Lithium Americas shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are held 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.
Lithium Americas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pretium Resources. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pretium Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pretium Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.
Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of C$7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.51%. Given Lithium Americas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Pretium Resources.
Pretium Resources received 55 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.40% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Pretium Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Lithium Americas beats Pretium Resources on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LAC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
