MTAL vs. MP, NGD, SGML, GSM, CRML, LAC, LAAC, TMC, DC, and AMLI
Should you be buying Metals Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Acquisition include MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Ferroglobe (GSM), Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), TMC the metals (TMC), Dakota Gold (DC), and American Lithium (AMLI). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, MP Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MP Materials and 2 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat MP Materials' score of 0.68 indicating that MP Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MP Materials currently has a consensus price target of $23.64, suggesting a potential upside of 59.32%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.71%. Given Metals Acquisition's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MP Materials is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
MP Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Metals Acquisition.
MP Materials received 46 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote while only 67.95% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote.
MP Materials has a net margin of 1.62% compared to MP Materials' net margin of 0.00%. MP Materials' return on equity of 0.00% beat Metals Acquisition's return on equity.
52.6% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MP Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
MP Materials beats Metals Acquisition on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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