IPI vs. PLL, ATLX, CMP, LEU, SLCA, DC, FSTR, RYAM, TG, and ODV
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), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Dakota Gold (DC), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Tredegar (TG), and Osisko Development (ODV). 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 businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -12.78%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of -0.43% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
Intrepid Potash currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.53%. Piedmont Lithium has a consensus target price of $65.67, suggesting a potential upside of 439.58%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 3 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 2 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.00 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the news 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 received 96 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.49% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% 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.
56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Piedmont Lithium beats Intrepid Potash on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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