Piedmont Lithium (PLL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PLL or IPI?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piedmont Lithium	Outperform Votes 207 53.49%	Underperform Votes 180 46.51%
Intrepid Potash	Outperform Votes 303 50.42%	Underperform Votes 298 49.58%

Do analysts prefer PLL or IPI?

Piedmont Lithium presently has a consensus price target of $65.67, indicating a potential upside of 465.60%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piedmont Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Intrepid Potash	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PLL or IPI?

52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PLL or IPI?

In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 9 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 6 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.18 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Intrepid Potash	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PLL or IPI?

Piedmont Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Piedmont Lithium	$39.82M	5.64	-$21.78M	-$1.15	-10.10
Intrepid Potash	$279.08M	0.93	-$35.67M	-$2.79	-7.05

Which has more volatility & risk, PLL or IPI?

Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLL or IPI more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piedmont Lithium	N/A	-7.79%	-7.09%
Intrepid Potash	-12.78%	-0.43%	-0.39%

Summary

Piedmont Lithium beats Intrepid Potash on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.