LOOP vs. SLI, GURE, NGVT, PQG, GCP, LTHM, FMC, OLN, ASH, and BCPC
Should you be buying Loop Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loop Industries include Standard Lithium (SLI), Gulf Resources (GURE), Ingevity (NGVT), PQ Group (PQG), GCP Applied Technologies (GCP), Livent (LTHM), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Ashland (ASH), and Balchem (BCPC).
Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) and Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loop Industries has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Loop Industries received 122 more outperform votes than Standard Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Standard Lithium an outperform vote while only 66.85% of users gave Loop Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Loop Industries had 10 more articles in the media than Standard Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Loop Industries and 0 mentions for Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Loop Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Loop Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Standard Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 102.31%. Loop Industries has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 194.12%. Given Standard Lithium's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Loop Industries is more favorable than Standard Lithium.
16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Loop Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of Loop Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Standard Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Standard Lithium's net margin of -8,792.50%. Loop Industries' return on equity of -36.48% beat Standard Lithium's return on equity.
Loop Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Lithium. Loop Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Standard Lithium beats Loop Industries on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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