PLL vs. ATLX, IPI, CMP, LEU, UUUU, DC, RYAM, TG, FSTR, and GRWG
Should you be buying Piedmont Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Lithium include Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Dakota Gold (DC), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Tredegar (TG), L.B. Foster (FSTR), and GrowGeneration (GRWG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Atlas Lithium (NASDAQ:ATLX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Atlas Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Piedmont Lithium's return on equity of -7.79% beat Atlas Lithium's return on equity.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 3 more articles in the media than Atlas Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 0 mentions for Atlas Lithium. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Atlas Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Piedmont Lithium received 199 more outperform votes than Atlas Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Atlas Lithium an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote.
Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Lithium has a beta of -0.34, meaning that its share price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus target price of $65.67, indicating a potential upside of 400.51%. Atlas Lithium has a consensus target price of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 181.72%. Given Piedmont Lithium's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Atlas Lithium.
Piedmont Lithium has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Lithium. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Piedmont Lithium beats Atlas Lithium on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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