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Piedmont Lithium (PLL) Competitors

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$6.23 -0.14 (-2.20%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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PLL vs. CMCO, GHM, OFLX, FSTR, EML, BOOM, HURC, NNBR, AP, and TBLT

Should you be buying Piedmont Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Lithium include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Eastern (EML), DMC Global (BOOM), Hurco Companies (HURC), NN (NNBR), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Piedmont Lithium vs.

Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Lithium. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Piedmont Lithium$106.47M1.28-$21.78M-$2.81-2.22
Columbus McKinnon$981.64M0.48$46.62M$0.3349.82

Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Piedmont Lithium pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.6%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Piedmont Lithium pays out -43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Piedmont Lithium is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 3 more articles in the media than Piedmont Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 3 mentions for Piedmont Lithium. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of -0.22 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Lithium
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Columbus McKinnon
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 104.65%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 167.64%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Piedmont Lithium.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Piedmont Lithium
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Columbus McKinnon
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 0.95% compared to Piedmont Lithium's net margin of -64.84%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 8.64% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Piedmont Lithium-64.84% -17.74% -15.66%
Columbus McKinnon 0.95%8.64%4.30%

Columbus McKinnon received 76 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Piedmont LithiumOutperform Votes
212
52.48%
Underperform Votes
192
47.52%
Columbus McKinnonOutperform Votes
288
60.89%
Underperform Votes
185
39.11%

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats Piedmont Lithium on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLL vs. The Competition

MetricPiedmont LithiumMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$136.72M$5.92B$3.09B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A0.89%5.21%4.10%
P/E Ratio-1.8831.3071.9319.71
Price / Sales1.2817.1825,591,212,775,254,200.00117.54
Price / CashN/A15.7924.3434.62
Price / Book0.412.775.194.50
Net Income-$21.78M$289.19M$156.48M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-6.88%-1.91%1.39%0.23%
1 Month Performance-12.75%6.18%4.46%12.39%
1 Year Performance-59.91%-6.08%16.77%7.07%

Piedmont Lithium Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLL
Piedmont Lithium
1.7773 of 5 stars
$6.23
-2.2%
$12.75
+104.7%
-61.3%$136.72M$106.47M-1.8840
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
3.8263 of 5 stars
$17.90
+8.4%
$44.00
+145.8%
-63.6%$512.17M$981.64M54.243,220Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
GHM
Graham
3.52 of 5 stars
$36.19
+3.8%
$35.00
-3.3%
+25.1%$394.53M$199.62M43.60490Gap Up
OFLX
Omega Flex
3.4303 of 5 stars
$33.00
+7.0%
N/A-51.0%$333.10M$99.80M18.23170
FSTR
L.B. Foster
4.6643 of 5 stars
$18.78
+3.8%
$25.00
+33.1%
-35.4%$198.30M$504.24M4.83990
EML
Eastern
1.3968 of 5 stars
$23.35
+3.0%
N/A-18.7%$143.53M$271.44M-22.671,190Gap Up
BOOM
DMC Global
1.7664 of 5 stars
$6.93
flat
$16.25
+134.5%
-50.2%$142.00M$635.27M-0.881,700
HURC
Hurco Companies
0.6227 of 5 stars
$15.55
+3.9%
N/A-15.5%$100.83M$187.94M-6.07740Positive News
High Trading Volume
NNBR
NN
0.5898 of 5 stars
$1.88
+9.9%
N/A-45.1%$93.76M$464.29M-1.723,170
AP
Ampco-Pittsburgh
1.2875 of 5 stars
$2.87
+6.7%
N/A+69.3%$57.67M$418.31M-1.271,480News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TBLT
ToughBuilt Industries
N/A$1.65
-5.7%
N/A-45.9%$2.38M$89.62M0.00180Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:PLL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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