Piedmont Lithium (PLL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PLL or GHM?

Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLL or GHM a better dividend stock?

Piedmont Lithium pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.9%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Piedmont Lithium pays out -43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Piedmont Lithium is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PLL or GHM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Piedmont Lithium	$106.47M	1.27	-$21.78M	-$2.81	-2.19
Graham	$209.90M	2.40	$4.56M	$1.82	25.43

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLL or GHM?

Graham received 54 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piedmont Lithium	Outperform Votes 212 52.48%	Underperform Votes 192 47.52%
Graham	Outperform Votes 266 63.79%	Underperform Votes 151 36.21%

Does the media favor PLL or GHM?

In the previous week, Graham had 35 more articles in the media than Piedmont Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Graham and 3 mentions for Piedmont Lithium. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Graham's score of 0.60 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Lithium	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Graham	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PLL or GHM more profitable?

Graham has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Piedmont Lithium's net margin of -64.84%. Graham's return on equity of 9.35% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piedmont Lithium	-64.84%	-17.74%	-15.66%
Graham	4.60%	9.35%	4.16%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PLL or GHM?

52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PLL or GHM?

Piedmont Lithium presently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 107.49%. Graham has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.36%. Given Piedmont Lithium's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Graham.

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
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Graham beats Piedmont Lithium on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.