CRML vs. LAAC, MTAL, LAC, GSM, TMC, NGD, LZM, DC, MP, and HBM
Should you be buying Critical Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Critical Metals include Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Ferroglobe (GSM), TMC the metals (TMC), New Gold (NGD), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Dakota Gold (DC), MP Materials (MP), and Hudbay Minerals (HBM). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas (Argentina) had 5 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina) and 1 mentions for Critical Metals. Critical Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s score of 0.62 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) currently has a consensus price target of $10.70, suggesting a potential upside of 126.22%. Given Critical Metals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Critical Metals.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) received 6 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Critical Metals' return on equity of 2.89% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.
Summary
Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Critical Metals on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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