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Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

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C$4.39 -0.08 (-1.79%)
(As of 11:57 AM ET)

LAC vs. PVG, BCB, ERO, CXB, NEXA, IE, SUM, MMX, RUP, and GAU

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 Galiano Gold (GAU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Lithium Americas vs.

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

In the previous week, Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pretium Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas Neutral
Pretium Resources Neutral

Pretium Resources received 56 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.47% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Pretium Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lithium AmericasOutperform Votes
233
62.47%
Underperform Votes
140
37.53%
Pretium ResourcesOutperform Votes
289
58.86%
Underperform Votes
202
41.14%

Lithium Americas has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lithium AmericasC$3.15M309.35-C$25.39M-C$0.16-27.94
Pretium ResourcesC$611.14M0.00-C$46.98M-C$0.25N/A

Lithium Americas currently has a consensus target price of C$7.38, indicating a potential upside of 64.99%. Given Lithium Americas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Pretium Resources.

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
Pretium Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Pretium Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithium AmericasN/A -5.33% -3.41%
Pretium Resources N/A N/A N/A

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

Summary

Lithium Americas beats Pretium Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAC vs. The Competition

MetricLithium AmericasOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$974.46MC$846.38MC$2.79BC$5.48B
Dividend YieldN/A6.47%5.29%5.72%
P/E Ratio-27.9485.81119.3627.77
Price / Sales309.3558,756.64765,778.341,229.62
Price / Cash10.9124.4323.7276.84
Price / Book1.472.453.473.79
Net Income-C$25.39MC$56.16MC$152.75MC$291.93M
7 Day Performance-6.29%-2.56%-2.86%-2.11%
1 Month Performance-12.52%24.24%4.48%1.92%
1 Year Performance-48.74%30.53%20.76%35.92%

Lithium Americas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.1444 of 5 stars
C$4.39
-1.8%
C$7.38
+68.0%
-50.4%C$957.02MC$3.15M-27.44749
PVG
Pretium Resources
N/AC$19.15
-2.8%
N/AN/AC$3.60BC$611.14M-76.60112
BCB
Cott
N/AC$19.52
+2.6%
N/AN/AC$2.64BC$2.39B976.0010,900News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ERO
Ero Copper
3.1653 of 5 stars
C$19.70
+1.0%
C$33.33
+69.2%
-11.9%C$2.03BC$444.48M-75.852,460News Coverage
CXB
Calibre Mining
2.7328 of 5 stars
C$2.34
+1.7%
C$3.43
+46.7%
+86.5%C$1.85BC$564.69M16.43N/AGap Down
NEXA
Nexa Resources
N/AC$10.14
flat
N/AN/AC$1.34BC$2.58B6.465,349News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$10.97
-0.4%
N/AN/AC$1.32BC$2.81M-4.03244Gap Down
SUM
Solium Capital
N/AC$19.15
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$1.08BC$108.34M222.674,800
MMX
Maverix Metals
N/AC$6.53
-2.8%
N/AN/AC$962.39MC$61.65M59.369,400
RUP
Rupert Resources
N/AC$4.52
-2.0%
C$12.00
+165.5%
+0.0%C$864.74MN/A-94.17N/A
GAU
Galiano Gold
3.5665 of 5 stars
C$1.86
-2.1%
C$2.67
+43.4%
+111.6%C$477.87MC$95.66M27.14560

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