ATLX vs. LEU, CMP, IPI, PLL, LGO, SND, ABAT, FEAM, MLM, and VMC
Should you be buying Atlas Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlas Lithium include Centrus Energy (LEU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Largo (LGO), Smart Sand (SND), American Battery Technology (ABAT), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), and Vulcan Materials (VMC). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) and Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ:ATLX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Centrus Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Atlas Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Centrus Energy and 0 mentions for Atlas Lithium. Atlas Lithium's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Centrus Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centrus Energy presently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.71%. Atlas Lithium has a consensus target price of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 214.60%. Given Centrus Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlas Lithium is more favorable than Centrus Energy.
Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Lithium has a beta of -0.49, suggesting that its share price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrus Energy has a net margin of 23.94% compared to Centrus Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Atlas Lithium's return on equity of 2,962.50% beat Centrus Energy's return on equity.
50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Lithium. Atlas Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atlas Lithium received 4 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.00% of users gave Atlas Lithium an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Centrus Energy beats Atlas Lithium on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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