LAAC vs. CRML, LAC, GSM, MTAL, TMC, NGD, DC, MP, HBM, and EU
Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (LAC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), TMC the metals (TMC), New Gold (NGD), Dakota Gold (DC), MP Materials (MP), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), and enCore Energy (EU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) received 6 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.
Critical Metals' return on equity of 2.89% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a consensus target price of $10.70, suggesting a potential upside of 126.22%. Given Critical Metals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Critical Metals.
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 news media.
Critical Metals has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.4% of Critical Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Critical Metals on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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