IPI vs. PLL, ATLX, CMP, LEU, UUUU, SLCA, PPTA, NL, FSTR, and VZLA
Should you be buying Intrepid Potash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intrepid Potash include Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), NL Industries (NL), L.B. Foster (FSTR), and Vizsla Silver (VZLA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) 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 earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Intrepid Potash received 96 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.35% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Intrepid Potash had 2 more articles in the media than Piedmont Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Intrepid Potash and 1 mentions for Piedmont Lithium. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of 0.09 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Piedmont Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intrepid Potash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intrepid Potash currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.43%. Piedmont Lithium has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 331.15%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -15.95%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of -1.37% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
Summary
Intrepid Potash beats Piedmont Lithium on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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