TMC vs. MTAL, LAC, LAAC, CRML, DC, MVST, GSM, ODC, CMP, and MUX
Should you be buying TMC the metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TMC the metals include Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Critical Metals (CRML), Dakota Gold (DC), Microvast (MVST), Ferroglobe (GSM), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Compass Minerals International (CMP), and McEwen Mining (MUX).
TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
4.4% of TMC the metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of TMC the metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned 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.
TMC the metals has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Metals Acquisition had 12 more articles in the media than TMC the metals. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Metals Acquisition and 4 mentions for TMC the metals. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat TMC the metals' score of 0.21 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metals Acquisition received 4 more outperform votes than TMC the metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave TMC the metals an outperform vote.
TMC the metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat TMC the metals' return on equity.
TMC the metals currently has a consensus price target of $4.10, suggesting a potential upside of 153.09%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $13.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.24%. Given TMC the metals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TMC the metals is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
Summary
Metals Acquisition beats TMC the metals on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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