Sierra Metals (SMT) Competitors

Sierra Metals (TSE:SMT) and Standard Lithium (CVE:SLI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SMT or SLI?

Standard Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sierra Metals. Sierra Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, 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
Sierra Metals	C$214.24M	0.80	-C$3.98M	-C$0.04	-30.30
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	C$152.14M	C$0.84	4.48

Which has more risk & volatility, SMT or SLI?

Sierra Metals has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SMT or SLI?

22.4% of Sierra Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.0% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Sierra Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Standard Lithium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SMT or SLI more profitable?

Standard Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sierra Metals' net margin of -1.86%. Standard Lithium's return on equity of 68.27% beat Sierra Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sierra Metals	-1.86%	-5.83%	1.38%
Standard Lithium	N/A	68.27%	-10.09%

Does the media prefer SMT or SLI?

In the previous week, Standard Lithium had 2 more articles in the media than Sierra Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Standard Lithium and 0 mentions for Sierra Metals. Standard Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Sierra Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Standard Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sierra Metals	Neutral
Standard Lithium	Positive

Summary

Standard Lithium beats Sierra Metals on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.